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Departments: Assets

Volume 462: debated on Friday 29 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assets and resources have been disposed of by his Department in the last 10 years; and what revenues have been accrued as a result. (145490)

[holding answer 26 June 2007]: Tens of thousands of individual fixed assets are disposed of annually, either as a result of changing requirements, upgrade or replacement programmes or where equipment has reached the end of its serviceable life. Information on all items disposed of could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Proceeds from the disposal of fixed assets were not held centrally before financial year 1999-2000. From 1999-2000 the figures are as follows:

Financial year

Proceeds (£)

1999-2000

234,862,000

2000-01

317,987,000

2001-02

287,923,000

2002-03

404,774,000

2003-04

481,298,000

2004-05

266,912,000

2005-06

299,317,000