§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the market value is of each property owned by HM Land Registry; how many staff work in each office; and if she will make a statement. [99826]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe Land Registry's policy is to obtain a professional valuation of its freehold and long leasehold land and buildings every three years. In the intervening years, the figures are updated by "desktop" valuations. The last full valuation was carried out in January 2002 and the market value for each of the Registry's freehold buildings from that valuation is shown in the following table.
Freehold property Market value 2002(£) Southfield House, Durham 3,700,000 Earle House, Hull 1,640,000 Birkenhead House, Lytham 3,900,000 Old Market House, Birkenhead 3,550,000 Warton Camp, Lytham 4,400,000 Lincoln's Inn Fields 8,970,000 Forest Court, Tunbridge Wells 6,850,000 Brickdale House, Stevenage 6,000,000 Henlow Camp, Stevenage 150,000 St. Andrew's Court, Portsmouth 5,319,000 Plumer House, Plymouth 5,500,000 Drake's Hill Court, Plymouth 1,676,000 Ty Bryn Glas, Swansea 2,825,000 Manselton, Swansea 50,000 Parkside Court, Telford 4,195,000 Rosebrae Court, Birkenhead 4,985,000 Boldon House, Durham 3,400,000 Melcombe Court, Weymouth 5,400,000 Chalfont Drive, Nottingham 4,000,000 Westbridge Place, Leicester 4,500,000 The current staffing level at each of the Land Registry's offices is listed as follows. Part-time staff have been treated as whole units.
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Land Registry Office Staffing Birkenhead (Old Market House) 319 Birkenhead (Rosebrae) 269 Coventry 349 Croydon 233 Durham (Boldon) 357 Durham (Southfield) 401 Gloucester 492 Harrow 274 Hull 338 Lancashire 219 Leicester 319 Lytham 366 Nottingham (East) 307 Nottingham (West) 421 Peterborough 463 Plymouth 440 Portsmouth 285 Stevenage 424 Swansea 291 Telford 367 Tunbridge Wells 315 Wales 430 Weymouth 425 York 155 Headquarters 334 Computer Services, Plymouth 389 Land Charges 89