§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimates his Department has available to it of land-holdings in Great Britain by area and by value of local authorities.
§ Mr. OakesComprehensive information is not available. However, at the end of March 1975 English local authorities held an estimated 11,000 hectares of land for housing revenue account housing, excluding existing estates and sites for which building contracts had been let, and 1,500 hectares of land acquired for slum clearance.