HC Deb 09 April 1940 vol 359 c499W
Mr. John

asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will give figures showing the total acreage of land taken by the Ministry of Air for military purposes, giving separate figures for England, Scotland and Wales?

Sir S. Hoare

The Air Ministry owns or occupies for purposes of the Royal Air Force approximately 150,000 acres of land in this Country. It would not be in the public interest to give the distribution of this acreage.