HC Deb 19 July 1988 vol 137 c543W
44. Mr. Hind

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the amount of surplus land held by local education authorities; and what proposals he has for the sale of such surpluses.

Mr. Dunn

The Department does not hold information on surplus land held by local education authorities. Registers containing details of unused and underused land owned by public bodies are compiled and maintained by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment. It is the Government's policy to bring as much unused and underused publicly owned land as possible back into use.