Tom Tugendhat – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Tugendhat on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department’s properties classified as void have been empty for over 12 months.
Penny Mordaunt
The number and locations of properties classified as void as of 24 May 2016 are shown in the table below:
|
County |
Voids |
|
ABERDEENSHIRE |
5 |
|
ANGUS |
20 |
|
ARGYLL AND BUTE |
237 |
|
AVON |
42 |
|
AYRSHIRE |
21 |
|
BEDFORDSHIRE |
194 |
|
BERKS |
276 |
|
BUCKS |
183 |
|
CAITHNESS |
1 |
|
CAMBS |
373 |
|
CHESHIRE |
50 |
|
CLWYD |
1 |
|
CORNWALL |
46 |
|
*COUNTY ANTRIM |
647 |
|
*COUNTY DOWN |
397 |
|
COUNTY DURHAM |
16 |
|
CUMBRIA |
14 |
|
DEVON |
202 |
|
DORSET |
151 |
|
DUMBARTON |
4 |
|
DUMFRIES |
3 |
|
DURHAM |
8 |
|
DYFED |
45 |
|
EAST SUSSEX |
2 |
|
EAST YORKSHIRE |
4 |
|
EDINBURGH |
169 |
|
ESSEX |
155 |
|
FIFE |
221 |
|
GLOUCESTERSHIRE |
88 |
|
GWENT |
45 |
|
GWYNEDD |
53 |
|
**HANTS |
1074 |
|
HEREFORDSHIRE |
8 |
|
HERTS |
176 |
|
INVERNESS-SHIRE |
58 |
|
ISLE OF BENBECULA |
3 |
|
KENT |
483 |
|
LANCASHIRE |
86 |
|
LEICESTERSHIRE |
162 |
|
LINCOLNSHIRE |
294 |
|
LONDON |
86 |
|
MIDDLESEX |
163 |
|
MIDLOTHIAN |
43 |
|
MORAY |
121 |
|
NORFOLK |
209 |
|
NORTH LANARKSHIRE |
4 |
|
NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE |
3 |
|
NORTH YORKS |
522 |
|
NORTHUMBERLAND |
67 |
|
NOTTINGHAM |
58 |
|
ORKNEY ISLANDS |
1 |
|
OXON |
361 |
|
OXON |
1 |
|
PEMBROKE |
4 |
|
PERTH |
3 |
|
POWYS |
64 |
|
RENFREWSHIRE |
26 |
|
ROSS AND CROMARTY |
1 |
|
SHETLAND ISLANDS |
1 |
|
SHROPSHIRE |
223 |
|
SOMERSET |
90 |
|
SOUTH GLAMORGAN |
111 |
|
SOUTH YORKS |
2 |
|
ST ANDREWS |
3 |
|
STAFFORDSHIRE |
83 |
|
STIRLING |
1 |
|
SUFFOLK |
281 |
|
SURREY |
222 |
|
SWINDON, WILTS |
19 |
|
TYNE AND WEAR |
12 |
|
WARWICKSHIRE |
69 |
|
WEST MIDLANDS |
9 |
|
WEST SUSSEX |
14 |
|
WEST YORKS |
2 |
|
***WILTS |
1294 |
|
YORKSHIRE |
29 |
|
(blank) |
|
|
Total Voids |
10219 |
Of these properties 4623 were vacant for more than 12 months.
*The majority of void properties in Northern Ireland are awaiting demolition while 59 have been gifted to the NI Executive.
**Void properties in Hants have been retained due to short term Ministry of Defence requirements and plans have been made to release many of these for disposal.
***In the Wiltshire region a number of properties remain void to accommodate Army personnel returning to the area from Germany as a result of the Army Basing Programme.
