Ministry of Defence: One Public Estate Programme

(asked on 11th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans of 9 July 2018, Official Report, column 706, whether it is his policy that the One Public Estate principles apply to public land that has its freehold vested within an association.


Answered by
Tobias Ellwood Portrait
Tobias Ellwood
This question was answered on 16th July 2018

Public land disposals are managed in accordance with Government policy and Her Majesty's Treasury guidelines to obtain best value. Where land is owned by an Association, the Department would expect that they will continue to work closely with the Local Authority.

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