§ Mr. Oswaldasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total acreage of reclaimed land in the former mining areas in Scotland; and what is the amount of land still to be reclaimed.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellBy 31st March, 1971, 1,700 acres of derelict land in Scotland had been rehabilitated at a cost of £3,250,000. Almost all of this is in the industrial central belt; no analysis separately identifying mining areas is immediately available.
About 13,000 acres remain to be reclaimed, of which 1,500 are currently being dealt with and 300 are the subject of approved proposals.