To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to his answer of 13 January, Official Report, column 514, what information he is able to provide about unused sleeping accommodation in the control of his Department in Greater London.

As at 31 December 1991, the latest date for which figures are available, 596 Ministry of Defence-owned houses and flats within the Greater London boundary were vacant. The majority of these properties were either already allotted to service families who were due to move in shortly or were undergoing or awaiting major maintenance work or modernisation. The remainder will be required for regiments being re-deployed from elsewhere in the United Kingdom and for personnel returning from overseas as part of the drawdown. In addition, 48 dwellings were in the process of being sold.The Ministry of Defence is also in the process of disposing of its interest in three sites—Furse house in Kensington and Chelsea, RAF Chessington and east camp, RAF Hendon—which could be used for accommodation purposes.