§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much contaminated land has been reclaimed in each of the last five years in each local authority area in the north-west of England. [104289]
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§ Mr. MeacherInformation on the amount of contaminated land reclaimed is not held centrally However, figures are available for the reclamation of
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DLG/LRP spend £ million 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Total Cumbria CC 3.19 1.49 2.60 2.17 1.34 — Allerdale 0.79 0.00 0.11 0.18 0.00 — Barrow 1.18 0.04 0.00 0.06 0.15 — Carlisle 0.07 0.06 0.15 0.00 0.01 — Copeland 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — Eden 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — South Lakeland 0.00 0.05 0.29 0.06 0.01 — Cumbria Total 5.48 1.64 3.15 2.47 1.51 14.25 Lancashire CC 0.09 0.05 0.13 0.21 0.24 — Blackburn 0.07 1.51 0.17 0.03 0.13 — Blackpool 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.02 — Burnley 0.01 0.05 0.07 0.02 0.11 — Chorley 1.03 0.11 0.02 0.08 0.01 — Fylde 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — Hyndburn 0.93 0.05 0.00 0.27 0.20 — Lancaster 0.33 0.00 0.10 0.02 0.11 — Pendle 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.03 — Preston 0.23 0.05 1.04 0.28 0.00 — Ribble V 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 — Rossendale 0.03 0.02 0.22 0.19 0.71 — South Ribble 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — West Lancashire 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — Wyre 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — Lancashire Total 2.84 1.86 1.75 1.36 1.60 9.41 Knowsley 0.56 0.40 0.02 0.10 0.83 — Liverpool 0.00 0.35 0.24 0.35 0.18 — Sefton 0.63 1.06 0.77 0.20 1.33 — St. Helens 1.62 0.45 0.31 0.56 1.02 — Wirral 0.43 0.33 0.14 0.37 1.53 — Merseyside Total 3.24 2.59 1.48 1.58 4.89 13.78 Bolton 0.14 0.04 0.05 0.07 0.02 — Bury 1.75 0.12 0.48 0.80 1.07 — Manchester 0.97 0.91 1.12 0.78 0.70 — Oldham 1.30 0.37 0.21 1.80 0.22 — Rochdale 0.45 0.26 0.05 0.06 0.10 — Salford 0.40 0.83 0.39 0.66 0.81 — Stockport 3.17 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.47 — Tameside 2.99 0.83 0.18 0.28 0.97 — Trafford 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.53 0.01 — Wigan 1.20 0.85 0.87 1.12 0.47 — Greater Manchester Total 12.37 4.21 3.48 6.30 4.84 31.20 Cheshire CC 1.68 0.09 0.86 -0.19 0.69 — Chester 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.01 — Congleton 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — Crewe and N 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 — E Port and N 1.78 0.18 0.02 0.08 -0.06 — Halton 0.90 0.29 0.21 0.05 0.11 — Macclesfield 0.09 0.18 0.01 0.01 0.00 — Vale Royal 0.30 0.08 0.15 0.12 0.01 — Warrington 0.31 0.03 0.02 0.00 0.02 — Cheshire Total 5.14 0.85 1.33 0.08 0.78 8.18 Region Total 29.07 11.15 11.19 11.79 13.62 76.82 derelict land. The table shows the spend by each local authority area, in the north-west region, for each of the last five years, under the Land Reclamation Programme.
163WFigures are also available for the amount of derelict land estimated to have been reclaimed from approvals under this programme, in the last five years, in the north-west region. These are as follows:
Year Hectares 1994–95 231 1995–96 221 1996–97 70 1997–98 167 1998–99 210 These figures apply to derelict land in general, therefore it should be recognised that not all derelict land is contaminated, and much of the contaminated land which has been remediated is not derelict.