§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health for how long his properties known as Burntwood Villas and Myrtle Cottages in Burntwood Lane, Tooting, London SW17 have been empty; and if he will make a statement. [96612]
§ Mr. LammyThe properties were transferred to the South West London and St Georges Mental Health National Health Service Trust in March 2002. Myrtle Cottages have been empty since the late 1970s and Burntwood Villa since 1998.
Burntwood Villa has been let to the Bendon Care Foundation for keyworker accommodation. The future use of Myrtle Cottages is under consideration by the NHS trust, Wansworth Primary Care Trust and the London Borough of Wandsworth as a potential site for general practitioner provision.