For years SAVE has campaigned to ensure that fine government buildings are not simply sold off to speculative bidders or volume house builders whose sole interest is in obtaining permission for the maximum number of buildings in the grounds. If fine public buildings are to survive they must have sufficient land to protect them and they must be sold at a price that accurately reflects the amount of money that needs to be spent on them, not simply the maximum value that can be generated from a cleared site. Our campaign has produced a welcome result in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's excellent new guidance for Government department's on the disposal of historic buildings. The key sentence in this states, "It is Government policy that the maximisation of receipts should not be the overriding objective in heritage disposals". No longer can Government departments state that "the Treasury requires us to sell to the highest bidder". However, we must maintain vigilance. The Treasury has set departments challenging targets under the Comprehensive Spending Review for raising revenue from the sale of assets which are surplus to operational requirements. For example, the Ministry of Defence has to raise £700M from the sale of surplus defence property in 1998-2000. If Departments don't meet the targets their slice of the spending cake is threatened and so the pressure to maximise receipts remains powerful.