Lord Browne of Belmont – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Browne of Belmont on 2016-02-04.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much money has been received from the sale of former military sites and bases in Northern Ireland to date.

Earl Howe

Since 2005 the Ministry of Defence has received around £117 million in disposal receipts from the sale of surplus sites in Northern Ireland.

All transactions were carried out in accordance with the Hillsborough Agreement.

Over the same period, the Department gifted four bases to the Northern Ireland Executive with an estimated total combined value of £21 million. As outlined in a Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS509) released on 4 February 2016, there is also intent to gift an additional 59 surplus Service Family Accommodation units to the Northern Ireland Executive, with a combined value of £3.5 million.