§ 69. Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the area of derelict land cleared and the amount of money spent on clearance
ENGLAND: ACREAGE OF DERELICT LAND RECLAIMED (BY ALL AGENCIES) 1st January 1973 to 31st March 1970 1971 1972 1974 1974–75 1975–76* Northern 762 1,505 1,788 2,497 1,245 1,729 North-West 288 515 1,000 1,036 327 815 Yorks. / Humberside 856 477 743 695 640 773 West Midlands 824 1,093 844 1,143 340 1,304 East Midlands 461 555 704 472 237 874 South-West 129 179 90 160 140 96 South-East (including London) 282 328 107 891 313 353 East Anglia 43 140 84 84 65 150 Totals 3,645 4,792 5,360 6,978 3,307 6,094
EXPENDITURE ON RECLAMATION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES† 1977. 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77‡ 1st quarter 2nd quarter £m. £m. £m. £m. £m. £m. £.m. £000 £000 Northern 1.4 2.6 3.2 3.8 3.2 4.0 3.6 700 900 North-West 1.0 2.0 1.7 2.6 1.8 2.0 2.0 125 675 Yorks. / Humberside 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.8 400 300 West Midlands 0.3 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.6 140 260 East Midlands 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.8 100 200 South-West 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 25 15 South-East (including London) 0.1 0.15 0.06 0.03 0.1 0.2 0.1 20 30 East Anglia Totals 3.5 6.6 7.6 9.6 8.2 10.7 10.0 1.5 2.4 * Figures for subsequent periods are not yet available. † Expenditure by other agencies is not known. ‡ Expenditure was affected by the moratorium on local authority schemes between 15th December 1976 and 14th June 1977.