asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many residential properties are owned by the Metropolitan police in (a) the Greater London area and (b) the constituency of Fulham; and how many of these are currently vacant.

I am informed by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that, as at 2 March 1987, the Metropolitan police owned 3,203 residential quarters in the Metropolitan police district, of which 573 are vacant; 22 of these quarters, five of which are vacant, are in the constituency of Fulham.