Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much land (a) her 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.

Of the total land the Home Office holds in England, 8.6 hectares is currently declared as surplus, none of which are in the South West. These figures include agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

Details of the department's surplus land holdings are published on the register of surplus land: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/epimstransparency