To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the numbers and location of empty married quarters in North Yorkshire.

As at 31 March 1992, the latest date for which figures are available, 382 MOD-owned service married quarters were vacant in North Yorkshire. The breakdown by location was as follows:

Location	Number vacant
HMS Forest Moor	4
Bedale	1
Catterick Garrison	111
Dishforth	64
Guisborough	1
Ripon	12
Topcliffe	7
Harrogate	30
Church Fenton	52
Fylingdales	9
Leeming	6
Linton-on-Ouse	85
Total	382

This figure represents 8.8 per cent. of the stock and is below the management margin advised by outside consultants as appropriate to meet defence requirements.Many of these properties were either undergoing or awaiting major maintenance work or modernisation and some were already allotted to service families who were due to move in shortly.In addition, two properties in Whitby and one in Ripon were in the process of being sold.