Departmental Public Buildings

Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of listed departmental buildings are in a (a) good, (b) fair, (c) poor and (d) unknown condition.

Derek Twigg
There are 782 listed buildings on the defence estate. The condition of these buildings at the end of the last financial year and at 9 January 2008 is shown in the following table:

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|       |Number|Percentage|Number|Percentage|
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|Good   |390   |50        |435   |56        |
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|Fair   |184   |24        |187   |24        |
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|Poor   |83    |11        |84    |11        |
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|Unknown|125   |15        |76    |9         |
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|Total  |782   |100       |782   |100       |
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A programme is in place to establish 100 per cent. known condition by the end of this financial year.