Cookstown Social Security Office: £31,000 in maintenance since 2018
A DoF spokesperson said: The Department of Finance proactively manages the buildings within the Civil Service Office Estate to ensure the level of vacancy and associated costs are minimised. Of those buildings listed, the sale of Downpatrick SSO has been agreed and Cookstown SSO is being prepared for sale. Courier HQ, Stormont Estate is soon to be occupied. The Groundsman s House, Ballymena County Hall is a private dwelling located on the grounds of the site. Villas 1 and 2 are listed properties which have statutory requirements to be maintained to certain standards. Department for Communities
More than three quarters of a million pounds has been spent in the last five years on the upkeep of Northern Ireland s former school buildings, some of which have been out of use for decades.
Of the total £772,000 spent by the Education Authority on maintaining previous school properties, £234,000 alone has gone on the upkeep of the former Faughan Valley High School site, which has lain vacant for 13 years. The Education Authority is looking to sell off the site in the near future, and confirmed it is in negotiations with a potential purchaser. If any deal is completed it will drastically reduce outgoings on the upkeep of vacant and derelict properties.