Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much land (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies owns in (i) England and (ii) the South West; and how much of that land has been identified as being surplus to requirements.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The current Government Estate Strategy sets out the Government's vision to create an efficient, fit-for-purpose and sustainable estate whose performance matches the best of the private sector. As a Government we are delivering this vision, ensuring that the estate is fit for purpose, is frequently reviewed and aligned to the Estate Strategy, and is managed in an efficient and effective way.
The current landholdings of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are shown in the table below. This does not include land previously identified as surplus that has now been disposed. The information is correct at time of publication.
Land in hectares | England | South West |
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | 67 | 13 |
Agencies | 89 | 25 |
Non-departmental public bodies | 28,618 | 2,838 |
Total | 28,774 | 2,876 |
Of the total land the Department holds in England, 54 hectares are currently declared as surplus, none of which are in the South West. These figures include agencies and non-departmental public bodies.