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Departmental Buildings

Volume 491: debated on Tuesday 21 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what properties (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies have sold since his Department’s inception; and how many have been sold for housing developments. (267556)

Since the Ministry of Justice’s inception on 9 May 2007, there has been no sale of property from the Department or its non-departmental bodies. There have however, been 61 sales of property from its agencies.

Her Majesty’s Courts Service has sold 11 properties. They are:

Flax Bourton Magistrates Court, The Courthouse

Bedford, The Old Bank Site

Newtown Magistrates Court, Back Lane

Cheltenham County Court, County Court Road

Bolton, 22 Queen Street

Kingston upon Thames, Triangle Site

Epsom County Court and Magistrates Court

Sleaford Magistrates Court

Manchester 184-186 Deansgate (Former County Court)

Maidstone Wierton Grange (Former Judges Lodgings)

Land at the rear of the former Marylebone Magistrates Court

Her Majesty’s Prison Service has made 50 sales which are nearly all of former quarters but also include a garage, a lease and a sewage treatment works. They are:

29 Manor Crescent, Kingston

92 Park Road, Birmingham

125 Ashford Road, Feltham

Garage, 27 Honeybourne, Long Lartin

Sale of Lease, Newbrook and Brookhouse

25 Victoria Park, Erlestok

85 Perryn Road, Wormwood Scrubs

97 Jebb Avenue, Brixton

79 Jebb Avenue, Brixton

2 Eastly Close, Eastwood Park

67 Jebb Avenue, Brixton

12 Bethune Ave, Pentonville

33 Finch Road, Reading

3 Anson Close, The Mount

52 Welland Avenue, Gartree

37 Burley Crescent, Ashwell

42 South Road, Coldingley

13 Birchlands Avenue, Brixton

19 Maplestead Road, Brixton

58 First Avenue, Wormwood Scrubs

18 Park Road, Feltham

2 Southgate Ave, Feltham

67 Old Oak Road, Wormwood Scrubs

18 Knox Close, Norwich

Westview, Onley

4 Stuart Crescent, Gartree

143 Stanford Road, Brixton

3 Kenilworth Avenue, Styal

65 Onley Park, Onley

16 Hawthorne Way, Highpoint

9 Link Lane, Wandsworth

Mill Farm, Feltham (Garage)

31 Copley Way, Highdown

42 Grenoble Gardens, Pentonville

36 Heathfield Square, Wandsworth

27 Finch Road, Reading

66 Anderson Drive, Feltham

8 West End Close, Winchester

25 Hornby Close, Liverpool

11 Montague Place, Leeds

4 Lyham Close, Brixton

Sewerage Works, Guys Marsh

18 Southgate Avenue, Feltham

6 Rudgate Park, Wealstun

32 Perry Hill, Chelmsford

22 Priorsgate, Lancaster Farms

6 Priorsgate, Lancaster Farms

7 Frewin Road, Wandsworth

5 Elder Green, Wakefield

6 Shepherds Croft, Portland

In all, four properties have been sold for housing development. The Epsom county court and magistrates court were purchased with the intention of the site being used for additional housing development, as was the land at the rear of the Marylebone magistrates court site. The sale of HMPS land at Gringley has been sold for housing development.