§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of acres of derelict land cleared and the amount of money spent on the clearance of derelict land in each region of the country between June 1970 and February 1974.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe information about derelict land reclamation in England
Region 1970 1971 1972 (1) (2) (3) (4) Northern … … … 762 1,505 1,788 North-West … … … 288 515 1,000 Yorkshire and Humberside … … … 856 477 743 West Midlands … … … 824 1,093 844 East Midlands … … … 461 555 704 South-West … … … 129 179 90 South-East … … … 282 328 107 East Anglia … … … 43 140 84 Total for England … … … 3,645 4,792 5,360
TABLE II EXPENDITURE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON DERELICT LAND RECLAMATION (LAND ACQUISITION AND WORKS) 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 Region £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Northern … 1,407 2,562 3,175 3,750 North-West … 1,002 1,000 1,727 2,640 Yorkshire and Humberside … 318 576 1,023 1,100 East Midlands … 328 620 649 825 West Midlands … 260 666 765 1,200 South-West … 67 52 149 53 East Anglia … 5 1 13 3 South-East … 81 154 49 31 Total for England … 3,468 6,630 7,550 9,602