Empty Property
Justice
Gareth Thomas (Harrow West, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice
(1) if he will list the empty or largely empty buildings owned by his Department; and if he will make a statement;
(2) how many buildings owned by his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible have been empty for more than two years; and if he will make a statement.
Kenneth Clarke (Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State, Justice; Rushcliffe, Conservative)
The Ministry of Justice is committed to reducing the operating cost of its estate by rationalising through disposal or lease surrender when appropriate.
As such the Department has a number of empty buildings, the majority of which are either awaiting disposal or under offer.
The list of empty Ministry of Justice properties as of
Property name
Candleford Road, Manchester*
Harropwell Lane, Pontefract
Ock Street, Abingdon
Princess Drive, Liverpool
Stowe Court, Lichfield*
The Boulevard, Weston-super-Mare*
The Old Convent, Pulteney Road, Bath
Thurstan House, Northallerton
Towngate, Leyland
Ammanford magistrates court
Ashford magistrates and county courts
Balham youth court
Barking and Dagenham magistrates court
Barnsley county court
Barry magistrates court
Bingley magistrates court
Bishop Auckland magistrates and county court
Blaydon magistrates court
Bridgwater magistrates court
Bridport magistrates court
Bristol magistrates court (Nelson Street)*
Cardigan magistrates court
Cirencester magistrates court
Consett county court
Daventry magistrates court
Dewsbury county court
Dewsbury magistrates court
Didcot magistrates court
Ely magistrates court
Epping magistrates court
Gosforth magistrates court
Halesowen magistrates court
Hemel Hempstead magistrates court
Honiton magistrates court
Keighley courthouse
Launceston magistrates court
Lewes magistrates court
Lyndhurst magistrates court
Market Harborough magistrates court
Melton Mowbray magistrates and county courts
Newark magistrates and county courts
Pontypool county court
Port Talbot magistrates court
PWB House, Sandbach*
Pwllheli magistrates court
Rawtenstall magistrates court
Redditch county court
Retford magistrates court
Rochdale magistrates court
Salford magistrates court
Sittingbourne magistrates court
Sudbury magistrates court
Swaffham magistrates court
Tamworth magistrates and county courts
The Villa, Houghton le Spring
Thetford magistrates court
Totnes magistrates court
Wantage magistrates court
Wareham magistrates court
Weston-super-Mare magistrates court*
Whitehaven magistrates court
Wisbech magistrates court
Woking magistrates court
Former HMP Ashwell site
Former HMP Brockhill site
Former HMP Latchmere House site
Former RAF Coltishall site*
Former police training college, Cwmbran*.