Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 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.

The UK Government is a significant landowner. 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 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 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.

Of the total land the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government holds in England, 281 hectares is currently available, out of which 2.06 hectares are in the South West. These figures include agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

The role of Homes England is to trade in land to facilitate delivery of new homes. Most of the land listed in the table above will therefore be made available in due course. Homes England publishes a Land Development and Disposal Plan, which lists the sites that are likely to be available for development and/or disposal over a 12 month period: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/land-development-and-disposal-plan