HC Deb 06 March 2001 vol 364 cc177-8W
Mr. Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which of his Department's properties and lands(a) are in the process of being sold in Plymouth and (b) are being considered for sell off; and what their value is; [152539]

(2) which of his Department's properties and lands have been sold in Plymouth since 1997; and what their value was. [152538]

Dr. Moonie

Properties and lands sold by my Department since 1997 are provided in list 1. The value of each sale remains commercially confidential and is therefore withheld under exemption 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, unless the purchaser provides agreement to its disclosure. However, the total receipts from these sites were over £10 million. The properties and lands in the process of being sold in Plymouth and being considered for sell off are provided in list 2. Disclosing the valuations of such sites in disposal would not assist my Department in securing the best value for the taxpayer from the market.

List 1—Sites sold in Plymouth

1997–98

  • Former Dockyard School, Devonport
  • Royal Naval Engineering College Manadon (Part)
  • Royal Navy Supply Depot, Crapstone, Roborough
  • 37, 39 and 49 Poole Park Road, St. Budeaux
  • Harrowbear Storage Depot, Roborough
  • Royal Marines Coypool Depot, Plympton
  • Bowden Park, Eggbuckland
  • 16 Garages, Leatfield Drive, Looseleigh
  • 34 Highclere Gardens, Widewell

1998–99

  • Goschen Centre, Devonport
  • Mount Wise Slopes, Devonport
  • Royal Naval Engineering College Manadon
  • Royal Marines Barracks Seaton
  • 100 Granby Street, Devonport

1999–2000

  • Oil Fuel Depot Radford Woods, Plymstock
  • Barcote Walk, Eggbuckland
  • Land at Weston Mill, Devonport
  • Poole Farm, Estover

2000–01

  • Old Boiler House, Devonport
  • Brickfields, Devonport

List 2—Properties in the process of being sold in Plymouth

  • Coleridge Training Area, Estover
  • Ernesettle Lane, Ernesettle
  • Oil Fuel Depot Turnchapel, Plymstock
  • Alexandra House, St. Budeaux
  • Furniture Store, St. Budeaux
  • Mount Wise, Devonport
  • Agricultural Land, Coleridge
  • Agricultural Land, Coleridge
  • Agricultural Land, Coleridge
  • Sennen Place Car Park
  • 52 Married Quarters, St. Budeaux
  • Millbay Park, Millbay
  • Land at Mutton Monster, Devonport
  • South Yard Sites, Devonport
  • Land at Foulston Avenue, St. Budeaux

Sites being considered for sell-off

  • Bull Point Barracks, St. Budeaux.