The following table gives details of the number of properties sold by the Northern Ireland Office and its agencies in each of the last five years:
Financial year Northern Ireland Office Agencies 2007-08 9 0 2006-07 7 0 2005-06 22 0 2004-05 14 0 2003-04 1 0 Total 53 0
The Department holds no records that show that any of these properties have been sold for housing developments.
The Northern Ireland Office’s executive non-departmental bodies operate independently of Government. I would encourage the hon. Member to write to the respective chief executives when requesting details of operational matters. Details of the Northern Ireland Office’s non-departmental public bodies can be found in the Northern Ireland Office 2008 Departmental Report:
http://www.nio.gov.uk/northern_ireland_office_departmental_report_2008.pdf