§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the value of land and buildings, both leasehold and freehold, held by his core Department (i) in Scotland, (ii) in the United Kingdom, (iii) overseas and (iv) in total; and what is the value of(a) plant, machinery and vehicles, (b) IT and communications equipment and systems and (c) other taxable fixed assets. [99821]
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§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 26 November 1999]: Currently, the core Home Office holds land and buildings, both leasehold and freehold, valued at £92,462,000, all of which are in England and Wales.
Plant, machinery and vehicles are valued at £12,077,000; Information Technology and communications systems and equipment are valued at £12,633,000; and other tangible fixed assets are valued at £7,368,000.
§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the value of land and buildings (i) in Scotland, (ii) in the United Kingdom, (iii) overseas and (iv) in total held by(a) the UK Passport Agency, (b) the Forensic Science Service, (c) the Fire Service College, (d) the Prison Service and (e) each of the non-departmental public bodies within his Department's responsibility; and what is the value of other assets held by these bodies. [99822]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 26 November 1999]As of 31 March 1999, the estimates of the value of land and buildings and other assets held by the United Kingdom Passport Agency, the Forensic Science Service, the Fire Service College and the Prison Service are set out in the table. All land and buildings are held in England and Wales.
£000 Land and buildings Other assets United Kingdom Passport Agency — 1,646 Forensic Service College 16,227 12,207 Fire Service College 10,591 8,065 Prison Service 4,225,200 90,500 Unfortunately, information on assets held by the Home Office's non-departmental public bodies is not centrally available and will need to be collected. I will write to the hon. Member when the information is available to me.