Mr. Gareth R. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many units of police accommodation were(a) sold, (b) put up for sale and (c) withdrawn from sale in each of the last 10 years by the Metropolitan police. [34443]
§ Mr. DenhamI understand from the Metropolitan Police Commissioner that the information requested is readily available for the last five years only. This is shown in the table.
1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Residential Quarters Sold 77 138 265 151 110 For Sale 387 535 583 360 149 Withdrawn 56 219 141 139 3 Section Houses Sold 0 2 3 2 0 For Sale 3 7 6 4 1 Withdrawn 0 0 0 1 0 Operational Estate Sold 7 8 11 8 2 For Sale 39 47 36 38 29 Withdrawn 6 6 3 1 5 Notes:
The figures record each occasion a property has been offered for sale or withdrawn from the market. Properties that remained on the market for a year or more will appear in more than one annual total of properties for sale. The operational estate refers to buildings not tracts of land.