Departmental Estate

Lynne Featherstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what (a) land and (b) property his Department (i) owns and (ii) rents in each constituency; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Hain
The NIO holds 70 properties of which 37 are leased and 33 owned.

The constituency background is as follows:

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|                          |Leased|Owned|
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|North Down                |6     |19   |
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|West Belfast              |1     |0    |
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|South Belfast             |13    |0    |
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|East Belfast              |10    |4    |
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|Londonderry               |1     |0    |
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|Lagan Valley              |0     |2    |
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|Mid Ulster                |2     |0    |
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|West Tyrone               |2     |0    |
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|Fermanagh and South Tyrone|1     |0    |
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|Strangford                |1     |8    |
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|Total                     |37    |33   |
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The NIO does not hold any land other than the land on which the property is based.