§ Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of the 107,000 acres officially designated as waste land in 1974 have been reclaimed for housing or commercial use to the present date.
§ Mr. MarksBetween April 1974 and March 1976, the latest period for which figures are available, 9,335 acres of derelict land were reclaimed. Landowners are not required to notify the Department of the uses to which they put reclaimed land.