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Departments: Property

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 20 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was raised from the sale of departmental property in each of the last five years. (139315)

The only receipt from the sale of departmental property within the last five years was in 2002-03 when the sum of £3,607,067 was received from the sale of Glenthorne Youth Treatment Centre.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was received by her Department from the letting of its properties in each of the last five years. (139334)

During the last five years the Department has received the following rental sums from the letting of its properties.

Sum received for rental (£)

2002-03

4,081,705.89

2003-04

4,351,572.89

2004-05

4,907,519.15

2005-06

2,233,789.54

2006-07

943,828.69

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate has been made of the value of her Department’s property portfolio. (139377)

The Department has three freehold properties within its portfolio. It is estimated that they are valued at £74,940,000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of leasing buildings and office space for (a) her Department and (b) its agencies was in each of the last five years. (139468)

The cost of leasing buildings for the Department and its agencies in each of the last five years is as follows.

£

Department

Agencies

2002-03

28,044,804.95

6,220,638.61

2003-04

27,704,175.25

7,869,604.63

2004-05

27,852,335.38

9,310,880.25

2005-06

29,327,046.97

9,053,255.39

2006-07

25,815,319.20

10,472,808.55