Capital stock and asset disposals

5.5 The Group's summarised fixed assets at 31 March 2003, 31 March 2007 and the forecast assets at 31 March 2011 are shown below.

£ Million

31 March 2003

31 March 2007

31 March 2011 (Forecast 5)

1 Horse Guards Road

88.56

94.42

94.42

100 Parliament Street (undeveloped value)6

14.15

-

-

OGC Edinburgh7

2.40

2.64

-

Trevelyan House (leasehold improvements)

3.84

2.80

-

Other (including Eastcheap Court & Rosebery Court leasehold improvements)

0.93

2.55

1.01

Total land & buildings

109.88

102.41

95.43

IT assets (tangible and intangible)

5.58

4.51

4.66

Whitehall systems8

12.81

-

-

Other tangible fixed assets

2.87

3.53

2.57

Total tangible & intangible fixed assets

131.14

110.45

102.66

Fixed investments

Bank of England

1,506.00

1,860.00

1,860.00

Royal Mint (public dividend capital)

5.50

5.50

5.50

OGCbuying.solutions (public dividend capital of £0.35m and loan)

0.35

3.07

0.35

Partnerships UK (equity and loan stock)

19.64

20.57

20.57

Total fixed investments

1,531.49

1,889.14

1,886.42

Total fixed assets

1,662.63

1,999.59

1,989.08

5.6 For more detail on the Group's assets please see the balance sheet and supporting notes of the 2006-07 Annual Report & Accounts, available from http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/departmental_reports/annual_report07.cfm.

5.7 From 2001-02 to 2006-07, the Treasury Group generated £180m in asset disposal proceeds, from the sales of the last surplus government properties managed by the Office of Government Commerce, the Treasury's last shareholdings in privatised utilities , 100 Parliament Street (to HM Revenue & Customs), and the Whitehall standby heating and power systems (to OGCbuying.solutions).

5.8 In 2007-08, OGC's Edinburgh office has been sold for £2.35m. OGC has also completed an interdepartmental transfer of the lease on Trevelyan House, having moved its London based staff into 1 Horse Guards Road, saving around £3m a year in running costs.

5.9 With the disposals in 2007-08, the Treasury group will have met the government's aim that each department should dispose of at least 10% of its asset stock in the period 2004-05 to 2010-11 . There will be limited opportunities to make any further disposals in the remainder of the period through to 2010-11.


5 The 21 March 2011 forecasts assume no changes in the 31 March 2007 values for land and buildings or investments

6 Sold in 2004-05 (to HM Revenue & Customs) for £22.3m

7 Sold in 2007-08 for £2.4m

8 Sold in 2004-05 (to OGCbuying.solutions) for £11.3m