§ Mr. Loveridgeasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many acres of land have been used for (a) motorways and (b) major road projects, in England and Wales, and in Scotland, for each year since 1968 to date; and how much of this was farm land.
§ Mr. HoramDetailed information is not readily available on the amount of land taken for road building, or the proportion that was formerly in agricultural use. It is estimated that about 14,000 acres and 4,000 acres of rural land of all types has been used for motorway building, and all-purpose trunk road building, respectively, in England since 1968.
Roads in Scotland and Wales are the responsibilities of the respective Secretaries of State.