§ Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the extent of derelict land in each of the London boroughs, the metropolitan districts, and the twenty largest non-metropolitan districts in England expressed (a) in acres and (b) as a percentage of the total area.
§ Mr. MarksThe following information, which is taken from the 1974 survey of derelict and despoiled land based on local authority returns, is the latest available:
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Extent of derelict land at 31st March 1974 Percentage of total area LONDON BOROUGHS: City of London — — Barking 187 2.19 Barnet 55 0.25 Bexley 47 0.31 Brent — — Bromley — — Camden 50 0.92 Croydon — — Ealing 32 0.23 Enfield 17 0.09 Greenwich — — Hackney — — Hammersmith — — Haringey 97 1.29 Harrow 15 0.12 Havering — — Hillingdon 57 0.21 Hounslow 42 0.29 Islington — — Kensington and Chelsea — — Kingston on Thames 2 0.03 Lambeth — — Lewisham — — Merton 22 0.24 Newham 107 1.18 Redbridge 7 0.05 Richmond on Thames — — Southwark 67 0.94 Sutton — — Tower Hamlets — — Waltham Forest — — Wandsworth — — Westminster — — METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS: Greater Manchester: Bolton 937 2.68 Bury 1,067 4.31 Manchester 697 2.40
Extent of derelict land at 31st March 1974 Percentage of total area Oldham 812 2.30 Rochdale 527 1.32 Salford 570 2.35 Stockport 537 1.71 Tamesside 320 1.24 Trafford 430 1.63 Wigan 2,612 5.25 Merseyside: Knowsley 92 0.38 Liverpool 177 0.63 St. Helens 777 2.33 Sefton 100 0.27 Wirral 175 0.45 South Yorkshire: Barnsley 987 1.20 Doncaster 1,775 1.22 Rotherham 650 0.92 Sheffield 500 0.54 Tyne and Wear: Gateshead 595 1.66 Newcastle upon Tyne 502 1.80 North Tyneside 442 2.11 South Tyneside 475 2.99 Sunderland 1,270 3.69 West Midlands: Birmingham 510 0.77 Coventry 195 0.81 Dudley 962 3.93 Sandwell 775 3.62 Solihull 32 0.07 Walsall 990 3.73 Wolverhampton 372 2.16 West Yorkshire: Bradford 917 0.99 Calderdale 457 0.50 Kirklees 1,165 1.14 Leeds 2,975 2.12 Wakefield 1,627 1.95 20 LARGEST NON-METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS: Bristol 17 0.06 Leicester 102 0.56 Nottingham 252 1.36 Kingston upon Hull 490 2.76 Plymouth 65 0.33 Stoke on Trent 1,292 5.57 Derby 240 1.23 Southampton — — Portsmouth 2 0.02 Warrington 1,362 3.09 Stockton-on-Tees 562 1.16 Luton 10 0.09 Southend-on-Sea — — Brighton — — Middlesbrough 217 1.85 Langbaugh (Cleveland) 1,123 1.82 Woodspring (Avon) 210 0.22 Wycombe — — Macclesfield 770 0.59 Northampton 8 0.04