HC Deb 01 February 1978 vol 943 cc207-8W
Mr. Rose

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities now provide public access floodlit facilities for athletics and team games, respectively; and how this compares with five years ago.

Mr. Denis Howell

Records are not kept centrally which could provide this information. I have no doubt that there has been much increased awareness in recent years of the need to make the best use of recreational facilities, and recogni in each region of England and Wales in each year from 1970 to 1976 and by quarter thereafter to the most recently available date.

Mr. Marks

The latest available information for England is shown in the following tables. Responsibility for derelict land reclamation in Wales rests with the Welsh Development Agency.

tion of the important contribution that floodlighting can make to this end.