Summary
The National Asset Register (NAR) covers all central
government departments together with their executive agencies (including
trading funds). In addition, it includes information on executive
non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), NHS bodies and public corporations.
The NAR records all tangible fixed assets (including military and
heritage assets), intangible fixed assets (such as software licences), and
fixed asset investments (such as share holdings) owned by departments.
Assets belonging to local authorities are not included, as their
assets do not belong to central government. For reasons of national security,
no information is included on the assets owned by the Security and Intelligence
Services. The January 2007 Register includes entries up to March 2005.
The National Asset Register shows that the state's possessions have tripled
in value over the last 10 years.
In addition to land and equipment, assets
listed include:
- The Diana Memorial Fountain valued at £4.2m
- Watford Gap service station valued at £2.9m
- Ambassador’s
Residence, Washington DC valued at £6.7m
- Belmarsh Prison valued at
£9m
- Bank of England premises in Threadneedle Street worth
£138m.
The predecessor to the NAR was, in fact, the Doomsday Book, produced in 1086
at the request of William the Conqueror.
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