Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds from his Department, including legal fees, have been paid by Lancaster City Council for the purchase of privately owned properties in the West End of Morecambe during the Chatsworth Gardens project; and what the current value of these assets is.

Lancaster City Council was awarded £1.9 million in May 2012 to bring 110 empty properties back into use in Morecambe’s West End. Lancaster City Council is responsible for the use of that funding and the assets acquired. Information on the current value of the assets and the annual maintenance budget is not centrally held.