§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authority areas in England are 407W shown by his Department's monitoring to have a shortage of land for housing development.
§ Mr. FreesonI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to his Question on 27th January.—[Vol. 942; c. 807.]
§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how frequently his Department receives the report for its monitoring of the availability of land for housing development.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettContinuously.
Directions Date made or issued Reference No The Community Land Accounts (Christchurch Borough Council) Special Direction 1978 19th January 1978 — Guidance to Local Authorities General Disposal Consent—small sites 9th December 1977 GNLA/15
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) whether he will bring up to date the table regarding paragraph 14 of GNLA/12 given by the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Barnett), Official Report, 17th November, columns 331–2;
(2) whether he will bring up to date the table regarding loan sanction under the Community Land Act in the current financial year given by the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Barnett), Official Report, 17th November, columns 339–40.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe following table shows, for each county area, the total amount of loan sanction for land acquisitions issued so far in this financial year. Applications made specifically under paragraph 14 of GNLA/12 are not now separately identifiable. Following the more flexible approach announced in GNLA/14, the distinction has become progressively less significant.
COUNTY AREA AND LOAN SANCTION ISSUED Avon 6,500 Bedfordshire 1,994,000 Berkshire 248,500 Buckinghamshire 39,000 Cambridgeshire 45,500 Cheshire 518,000 Cleveland 298,000 Cumbria 144,500 Derbyshire 65,500 Devon 18,500 Dorset 13,000 Durham 222,000 East Sussex 201,500 Essex 42,000 Greater London 3,125,500 Greater Manchester 522,000 Hampshire 229,000