AQW 31994/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Finance
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail all publicly owned land that has been transferred between Executive Departments, broken down by constituency or council area, in each of the past ten years.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 24 September 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 24 September 2025
- Answer due by
- 9 October 2025
- Answered
- 9 October 202515 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Land & Property Services (LPS) has the management, oversight, and advisory role in relation to the disposal of surplus public sector assets under the D1 disposal process. Over the past ten years, there have been six recorded instances of transfers of surplus assets between Departments. These transactions are outlined in the table below and includes the relevant council areas.
| Year Sold | Disposing Body | Acquiring Body | Address | Council |
| 2015 | Roads Service | DFP - Now DoF | Land at Great Patrick Street/ Dunbar Link, Belfast | Belfast |
| 2015 | OFMDFM | DSD - Now DfC | St Patrick's Barracks, Demense Avenue, Ballymena | Mid & East Antrim |
| 2016 | OFMDFM | DARD - Now DAERA | Shackleton Barracks, Dukes Lane, Ballykelly, Limavady | Causeway Coast & Glens |
| 2023 | DOJ | DfC/Historic Environment Division | NI Regional War Rooms, 48 Mount Eden Park, Belfast | Belfast |
| 2024 | DFI ROADS | DfC | Land at Albert Street/ Westlink, Belfast | Belfast |
| 2025 | DFI ROADS | DE | Land at Gortin Road, Omagh | Fermanagh & Omagh |