Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much land (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies owns in (i) England and (ii) the South West; and how much of that land has been identified as being surplus to requirements.

The United Kingdom Government is a significant landowner. The current Government Estate Strategy sets out the Government's vision to create an efficient, fit-for-purpose and sustainable estate whose performance matches the best of the private sector. As a Government we are delivering this vision, ensuring that the estate is fit for purpose, is frequently reviewed and aligned to the Estate Strategy, and is managed in an efficient and effective way.

The current landholdings of the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are shown in the table below. This does not include land previously identified as surplus that has now been disposed. The information is correct at time of publication, based on available data.

Of the total land the Department holds in England owns, 2.9 hectares are currently surplus, out of which 0.4 hectares are in the South West. These figures include agencies and non-departmental public bodies.