To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the annual cost to his Department and his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies of their empty and under-utilised properties for (a) 1979–80, (b) 1989–90, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1993–94, (e) 1994–95, (f) 1995–96 and (g) 1996–97. [11410]

Most of the office space occupied by the Scottish Office is part of the Government's common user estate—CUE—and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment will provide the details of vacant space on the CUE which are available centrally. Information regarding other property occupied by the Scottish Office, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally and details could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.