§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the assets sold by his Department and their value, item by item, in each year from 1991–92 to 1998–99 and estimate the value of asset sales planned to be made in 1999–00 and 2000–01. [96018]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 28 October 1999]: The following information is available:
£ Year Land and property Plant and machinery Vehicles Total 1991–92 18,920,000 3,305,000 389,000 22,614,000 1992–93 10,316,000 4,858,000 363,000 15,537,000 1993–94 8,540,000 — 1,027,000 9,567,000 1994–95 7,233,000 98,000 115,000 7,446,000 1995–96 4,614,000 189,000 400,000 5,203,000 1996–97 1,451,000 2,818,000 121,000 4,390,000 1997–98 8,285,000 150,000 — 8,435,000 I regret that it is not possible to give an item by item listing of these sales due to their large number and the disproportionate cost of compiling this information.
The unaudited figures for 1998–99 indicate that the value of asset sales is likely to amount to around £17 million. Our projections for future asset sales were published in our Departmental Investment Strategy, in March 1999; for 1999–2000 and 2000–01 sales are estimated at £6,228,000 per year.