§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the sites available for sale previously occupied by the Territorial Army, broken down by constituency; which sites have been sold; at what price; which department was credited with the profits; and if he will make a statement. [113042]
§ Dr. MoonieThe Ministry of Defence estate is continuously under review to ensure that it is no larger than required for operational and other essential purposes. Under the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), a total of 87 Territorial Army (TA) sites were identified for disposal. Of these sites, 55 have been sold, 15 are still awaiting disposal and 15 have been withdrawn from the programme. There are two sites at Northumberland, currently held on lease, which will be surrendered when the lease terminates. Details of the sites, broken into counties, are listed in the table. The information on a constituency basis could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Sale progress Name County Awaiting disposal TAC Falkirk Central Awaiting disposal TAC Antrim County Antrim Awaiting disposal TAC Plymouth Devon Awaiting disposal TAC Dunfermline Fife Awaiting disposal TAC Greenhithe Kent Awaiting disposal TAC Gillingham Kent Awaiting disposal TAC Kingsbury London Awaiting disposal TAC Dulwich (replaces TAC Hollyhedge)
London Awaiting disposal TAC Chesser Crescent Lothian Awaiting disposal TAC Delmemy (replaces TAC East Claremont)
Lothian Awaiting disposal TAC Wellingborough Northants Awaiting disposal TAC Stafford Staffordshire Awaiting disposal TAC Cannock Staffordshire Awaiting disposal TAC Pontefract West Yorkshire Awaiting disposal TAC Devizes Wiltshire Lease termination TAC Alnwick Northumberland Lease termination Guildrooms, Alnwick Northumberland Sold TAC Speedwell, Bristol Avon Sold TAC Slough Berkshire Sold TAC Stirling Central Sold TAC Chester Cheshire Sold Ypres Barracks, Macclesfield Cheshire Sold TAC Guisborough Cleveland Sold TAC Falmouth Cornwall Sold TAC Newtonards County Down Sold TAC Buxton Derby Sold TAC Horden Durham Sold Vehicle Park, Llanelli Dyfed Sold Preston Barracks, Brighton East Sussex Sold TAC Cheltenham Gloucestershire Sold TAC Stroud Gloucestershire Sold TAC Oldham Greater Manchester Sold Derby Barracks, Bolton Greater Manchester Sold TAC Cefn Forest Gwent Sold TAC Newport Gwent Sold TAC Bangor Gwynedd Sold TAC Aldershot Hants Sold Martin Lines, Church Crookham Hants Sold TAC St Albans Herts Sold TAC East Ham London Sold TAC Acton London Sold Duke of York's London Sold TAC Finchley London Sold Gilmore Place, Edinburgh Lothian Sold The Grange, Edge Lane, Liverpool Merseyside Sold Forbes House, Liverpool Merseyside Sold TAC Heston Middlesex Sold Lumley Barracks, York North Yorkshire
Sale progress Name County Sold Hungate, York North Yorkshire Sold TAC Worksop Notts Sold Harthill Close, Chilwell Notts Sold TAC Bridgwater Somerset Sold TAC Norbury Hall, Sheffield South Yorkshire Sold Caen House, Tamworth Staffordshire Sold TAC Coatbridge Strathclyde Sold TAC Rutherglen Strathclyde Sold TAC Paisley Strathclyde Sold TAC Clyde Lines Strathclyde Sold TAC Chertsey Surrey Sold TAC Guildford Surrey Sold TAC Cobham Surrey Sold TAC Knightsbridge Tyne & Wear Sold TAC Newcastle Tyne & Wear Sold TAC Frenchmans Fort, South Shields Tyne & Wear Sold Fusilier Armoury, Newcastle- upon-Tyne Tyne & Wear Sold TAC Shirley, Birmingham West Midlands Sold TAC Sulton Coldfield West Midlands Sold TAC Greens Road, Coventry West Midlands Sold TAC Horsham West Susses Sold TAC Dewsbury West Yorkshire Sold TAC Halifax West Yorkshire Sold TAC Trowbridge Wiltshire The following table shows other TA/RFCA sites currently in the Department's disposal programme of surplus land and property which were not identified as part of SDR.
The sale of the sites above has so far realised gross receipts in excess of £153 million, which have been credited to the Ministry of Defence. I am withholding details of sale prices for individual sites in accordance with Exemption 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
Sale progress Name County Awaiting disposal RFCA Dunstable Bedfordshire Awaiting disposal TAC Aylesbury Buckinghamshire Awaiting disposal AFC/ATC Longstanton Cambs Awaiting disposal Cadet Centre, St Ives Cornwall Awaiting disposal Cadet Centre, Alvaston Derbyshire Awaiting disposal Drill Hall, St Leonards East Sussex Awaiting disposal Hemel Hempstead (Lease) Hertfordshire Awaiting disposal TAC Faversham Kent Awaiting disposal Cadet Centre, Hinckley Leicestershire Awaiting disposal TAC Kidlington Oxford Awaiting disposal TAC King Street, Wellington Shropshire Awaiting disposal RFCA Newmarket Suffolk Awaiting disposal RFCA Pontefract (Lease) West Yorkshire Awaiting disposal ACF Shoeburyness (pt) Essex