§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Forign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all his Departments's premises(a) currently for sale and(b) being considered for disposal. [110513]
§ Mr. BattleDetails of current FCO properties for sale are as listed. As to listing properties being considered for disposal, the entire estate is reviewed as part of a rolling programme revaluation exercise. This reveals properties which appear to performing poorly on the basis of key preformance indicators. These are then examined in detail to determine whether they should be replaced by more effective properties.
FCO Sale of assets: property currently for sale— 16 February 2000 Country Location Description Egypt Alexandria Land Malawi Blantyre Residential Colombia Bogota Residential Germany Bonn Residential Barbados Bridgetown Residential Hungary Budapest Residential Egypt Cairo Residential 682W
FCO sale of assets Country Location Description Number of sales Proceeds (£000) From 1 May 1997 to 31 March 1998 Germany Berlin Land 1 127 Colombia Bogota Flat 1 46 Argentina Buenos Aires Flat 1 65 Australia Canberra House 1 141 South Africa Capetown House 1 296 Switzerland Geneva House 1 576 Guyana Georgetown House 1 145 Zimbabwe Harare House 1 32 Finland Helsinki House/Flat 3 541 South Africa Johannesburg House 1 28 Zambia Lusaka House 3 169 Spain Madrid Flat 1 91 Mozambique Maputo House 1 82 Lesotho Maseru House 2 54 France Paris Flat 7 835 France Paris (OECD) Residence 1 1,661 South Africa Pretoria Land 1 46 Ecuador Quito Land 1 135 Iceland Reykjavik Flat 1 42 Netherlands The Hague Flat 2 152 Albania Tirana House 1 65 New Zealand Wellington House 1 58 Total — — 35 5,387 From 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 Colombia Bogota Offices 1 539 Morocco Casablanca Offices 1 863 Denmark Copenhagen Residential 2 190 Ireland Dublin Residential 1 297 Switzerland Geneva Residential 4 506 Soloman Island Honiara Residential 1 53 South Africa Johannesburg Residential 2 72 France Marseilles Residential 1 691 Swaziland Mbabane Residential 1 29 Portugal Oporto Land 1 781 Norway Oslo Residential 1 201 Canada Ottawa Residential 2 672 France Paris Residential 2 176 Trinidad Port of Spain Residential 1 162
FCO Sale of assets: property currently for sale— 16 February 2000 Country Location Description Tanzania Dar es Salaam Residential Jamaica Kingston Residential Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Residential Nigeria Lagos Residential Portugal Lisbon Residential Spain Malaga Offices Swaziland Mbabane Offices Kenya Nairobi Residential Canada Ottawa Residential France Paris Garage Spain Seville Offices Tunisia Tunis Land
§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all of his Department's premises sold since 1 May 1997 together with the sale price and the names of the buyers. [110512]
§ Mr. BattleSince 1 May 1997 the FCO has sold 78 estate assets. Details are as listed. Total proceeds to date from completed sales amount to £39 million. For reasons of commercial confidentiality, the FCO does not publish names of buyers. Were we to do so, prospective purchasers might be dissuaded from bidding. 683W
FCO sale of assets Country Location Description Number of sales Proceeds (£000) South Africa Pretoria Residential 1 135 Ecuador Quito Land 1 188 Netherlands The Hague Residential 1 74 U.K. Gawcott Land 1 355 U.K. 22–24 Whitehall Offices 1 8,500 Total — — 26 14,484 From 1 April 1999 to date Swaziland Gaborone Residential 1 155 Chile Santiago Residential 1 103 France Lille Residential 1 289 France Paris Residential 1 134 Germany Bonn Offices 1 6,388 Germany Bonn Residential 1 364 Ireland Dublin Residential 1 19,900 Israel Tel Aviv Residential 1 159 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Residential 1 31 New Zealand Wellington Residential 1 206 Spain Madrid Residential 1 262 Swaziland Mbabane Residential 1 23 Sweden Stockholm Residential 1 126 Switzerland Geneva Residential 2 194 U.K. Poundon Land 1 477 USA Cleveland Residential 1 353 Total — — 18 19,164 1 A further £10 million will be received from this sale in March 2000, and a further £3.6 million will be received in 2001–02