Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from
the Head of the Parliamentary Relations and Devolution Team, FCO,
dated 3 May 2006
ESTATE SALES
Dear Steve,
Thank you for your letter of 21 April, requesting
further information arising from our latest quarterly report of
estate sales. As the Committee has requested, the next quarterly
report will include equivalent details on purchases in the period.
An officer of Counsellor rank previously occupied
the property we sold in Brussels. A First Secretary previously
occupied the property we sold in Dublin. Both sales arose from
changes in Posts' requirements. We have not purchased a replacement
property in either case, and there are at present no plans to
do so—but it is only with the bigger transactions, such
as a new Embassy, that sales tend to be matched directly with
purchases.
Yours sincerely,
Chris Stanton
Parliamentary Relations and Devolution Team
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