§ Mr. Peter Millsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the figures of the net annual decrease in agricultural area of Scotland from 1939 up to the present, showing separately building and other developments.
§ Mr. RossDetailed information about losses of land classed as crops and grass has been collected only since 1951 and information about losses of all agricultural land only since 1960. The figures are given in the following table:
000 ACRES NET LOSS PER ANNUM To roads, housing, industrial development, etc. To other uses (mainly forestry) 1951–52 … … 3.0 Not available 1952–53 … … 3.3 Not available 1953–54 … … 3.4 Not available 1954–55 … … 3.5 Not available 1955–56 … … 3.2 Not available 1956–57 … … 2.6 Not available 1957–58 … … 2.9 Not available 1958–59 … … 2.0 Not available 1959–60 … … 2.7 Not available 1960–61 … … 4.6 75.8 1961–62 … … 3.5 39.2 1962–63 … … 4.2 48.3 1963–64 … … 5.3 34.8 1964–65 … … 5.4 34.8 1965–66 … … 5.2 66.3