§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many houses his Department owns, by county, which were originally subject to compulsory purchase or otherwise acquired to facilitate road-building schemes which(a) have definitely been cancelled and (b) are subject to the present Trunk Roads Review. [30303]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonOn 1 February, the Highways Agency owned the following residential properties which have been acquired by compulsory or discretionary purchase to facilitate road building schemes. Properties held for cancelled schemes will generally be sold over a three-year period, to avoid adversely affecting the local housing market and maximise benefits to the taxpayer.
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County (a) for schemes already (b) for schemes subject to the present trunk roads review Avon 7 0 Bath 1 0 Bedfordshire 1 65 Berkshire 2 19 Buckinghamshire 12 1 Cambridgeshire 4 9 Cheshire 12 4 Cornwall 0 7 Cumbria 1 0 Derbyshire 17 1 Devon 8 6 Dorset 21 0 East Sussex 11 8 East Yorkshire 0 1 Essex 13 5 Greater Manchester 201 100 Greater London 217 416 Herefordshire 0 4 Hertfordshire 195 21 Kent 27 6 Kingston-upon-Hull 0 5
County (a) for schemes already (b) for schemes subject to the present trunk roads review Leicestershire 8 0 Lincolnshire 22 0 North Yorkshire 11 11 Northamptonshire 0 3 Nottinghamshire 28 17 Rutland 3 0 Somerset 1 1 Staffordshire 11 12 Surrey 15 31 Tyne and Wear 0 5 Warwickshire 13 0 West Midlands 48 23 West Sussex 140 2 West Yorkshire 0 17 Wiltshire 6 3 Worcestershire 53 0