§ 60 and 61. Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) to what extent in the past 10 years cemeteries in any of the London boroughs have ceased to be used as cemeteries, and have been converted for use by councils for house building;
(2) in which of the London boroughs land at present in disuse or used in alternative ways, has beet designated for use as cemetery land during the period 1972–80.
§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) where, in each of the Londor, boroughs, land is currently in use as cemeteries; what number of those cemeteries are full and have ceased to be used for burying the dead; and in such cases what alternative arrangements have peen made for the future;
(2) what area of land in each of the London boroughs is In use as cemeteries, whether as crematoria or grave plots;
(3) what is the total amount of land in the Greater London area in use as cemeteries, whether as crematoria or grave plots.
§ Mr. Eyre:I regret that this information is not available from Departmental records. A survey by the Greater London Council in 1971 showed a total of 2687.8 and 200.5 acres in use in Greater London for cemetery and crematoria purposes respectively. About 300 acres of land in Greater London was held for future use as cemeteries and there were six proposals for the use of about 25 acres of land for crematoria.
§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the estimated number of units of accommodation which could be built in each of the London boroughs on land currently in 150W use as cemeteries allowing for normal housing densities.
§ Mr. Eyre:No such estimate can usefully be made in regard to land currently in use as cemeteries. There may he particular cases in which some land can be released from cemetery use but these must be looked at individually.