§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list those health authorities which own underdeveloped land identified as suitable for housing, stating the quantity of such land in each case, with existing infrastructure services sufficient to allow development to proceed.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeInformation in the form requested is not held centrally and would not be obtainable without disproportionate expenditure. More generalised information is given in the table. The figures do not differentiate between land suitable for housing and that suitable for other purposes.
NHS Land Transactions: Surplus Land 1982–83 (Properties of 1 Acre and Over) Regional Health Authority Acres Declared Surplus in y/e 31.1.83 Disposals in year Total Acres Surplus on 31.3.83 Northern 9.31 2.66 29.19 Yorkshire 379.16 51.40 826.74 Trent 532.85 98.65 689.69 East Anglian 24.36 2.95 47.17 North West Thames — 36.40 146.32 North East Thames 59.82 3.48 246.96 South East Thames 7.00 27.00 343.00 South West Thames — 51.49 370.62 Wessex 5.00 12.54 249.37 Oxford 4.50 138.05 182.63 South Western 258.49 6.60 414.57 West Midlands 27.83 12.79 556.25 Mersey 22.10 21.38 200.93 North Western 3.64 7.60 93.03 Other Authorities — — 29.50 ENGLAND 1,334.06 472.99 4,425.97