Surplus Property
Source: data.gov.uk (2025-10-16)

The Government Property Estate including Buildings and Land. __These datasets are published as part of the requirements on data transparency and are refreshed on the first of the month.__

This dataset provides information on the government estate, including various property related characteristics such as: location, ownership, size, tenure and type of property.

The scope of the data includes land and property information for UK central government departments and their arms length bodies including non-ministerial departments, executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and special health authorities. Whilst these assets are primarily located in the UK,some are located overseas.

Some properties may have more than one entry in the data extract as the government has more than one ‘interest’ in that property. For example, there may be two or more government occupiers in the same property. It also provides information about the ‘holding’ government department and, if relevant,  the arm’s length body of the department responsible for the property.  This dataset contains non sensitive information on the government estate e.g. commercially sensitive contract data is not published.  The dataset also excludes property records that are classed as sensitive e.g. for national security purposes.

All data provided via these data sets are as reported to the Cabinet Office by the holding departments.



__Property and Contracts__

This dataset covers properties and their associated contracts. A property may have more than one contract associated with it. This data set includes information such as Ownership, Location, Size, Usage, Asset type (Building or Land), Contract Name and Contracted Organisation.




__Building__

Properties can be made up of one or more buildings and are linked to the property via a property reference. Characteristics such as Building Ownership, Location, Floor Area, Usage, Size and Construction Date are recorded and this entity is linked to the property via the property reference.  



__Land__

Whilst properties can be made up of Building(s) and Land they can also refer exclusively to Land only. Land records include information on Ownership, Location, Size and Usage and this entity is linked to the property via the property reference.  



__Occupation__

Occupations highlight which organisations reside within a given property. The following types of information about occupying organisations is recorded: organisation, location, asset type(e.g. Land, Building), size of the occupation (floor area), type of agreement (e.g. sub-let) and the usage (e.g. Office, Court).



__Surplus Property__

When a property is no longer required for the purposes of the organisation that currently holds the asset, it is then designated as being Surplus. These can then be made available for disposal which involves the transfer of a freehold or leasehold by way of sale or other agreement. Data such as Ownership, Location, Size, Usage and Contact Information is recorded for surplus property.



__Vacant Space__

To facilitate better utilisation of the estate; where space is available in properties these can be marked as such and made available to other government departments for co-location purposes.  This data set contains Ownership, Location, Size, Information about the Space, and Contact Details.