AQW 11600/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 04/12/2020
Answered On Date: 09/12/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance whether a public register of publicly-owned land and property exists.

Answer:

A register of publicly owned assets is currently being compiled.

In January 2019, the NICS Board endorsed a proposal from the Department of Finance to create a single central database of Government land and property. Land & Property Services (LPS), working with the Asset Management Unit, has established a programme, known as The Government Land and Property Asset Management Programme, to deliver the proposal.

The programme is working to identify and accurately map property by department. The results for each department are released when they become available. To date, land owned or occupied by the Department for Communities has been mapped and released for viewing. Land owned or occupied by the Department of Finance and The Executive Office will be released shortly. There are over 7,000 items mapped currently which require to go through a validation process by other departments. As information is validated it will be added to the register for viewing. The register can be viewed by accessing this link https://apps.spatialni.gov.uk/PublicLandandPropertyAssets/