§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the British Government owned buildings and estates held abroad and the latest estimate of their value. [57238]
§ Mr. FatchettThe information requested, in respect of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's overseas estate, which comprises some 3,900 properties, is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. 50 per cent. of our office and residential accommodation overseas is freehold. The provisional market value of the overseas estate in 1997 was £936.5 million.
Further information on the Department's estate can be found in pages 71–72 of the FCOs Departmental report, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.