Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected cost savings are from the closure of the Marine Offices in (a) Brixham, (b) Leith and (c) Newlyn; and what the value is of (i) land and (ii) buildings on each site.

(a) The Brixham Marine Office was co-located with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre that closed on 31 October 2014 when the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) stopped search and rescue coordination from there. The Brixham building was disposed of on 22 May 15, realising a value of £1.2M for the (i) land and (ii) building combined.

(b) The lapse of the Leith Marine Office lease will realise a saving of £17K per annum.

The only value to the MCA is the value of the lease. The value of the (i) land and (ii) building assets reside with landlord.

(c) The Newlyn Office lease was surrendered on 30 April 2015, realising a saving of £1K per annum.

The only value to the MCA is the value of the lease. The value of the (i) land and (ii) building assets reside with landlord.