HC Deb 21 November 1977 vol 939 cc526-9W
Mr. MacFarquhar

asked 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 county of England for each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Marks

The acreage of derelict land reclaimed in each administrative county in England is shown in the following tables (i) for each calendar year from 1966 to 1972 inclusive in respect of the former administrative counties, excluding the former county boroughs, (ii) for the period from 1st January 1972 to 31st March 1974 and the financial years 1974–75 and 1975–76 in respect of administrative counties as now constituted. Figures for subsequent periods are not yet available.

TABLE 1
ACREAGE OF DERELICT LAND RECLAIMED IN ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTIES IN ENGLAND (EXCLUDING COUNTY BOROUGHS) 1966–72
Administrative County 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
Bedfordshire 15 6 17 50 34 235 Nil
Berkshire 22 31 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Buckinghamshire Nil 54 Nil Nil 36 Nil Nil
Cambridge and Isle of Ely 2 19 Nil 29 15 67 45
Cheshire 22 5 98 24 19 20 117
Cornwall 34 16 7 16 40 35 13
Cumberland 39 2 17 55 110 208 207
Derbyshire 48 45 60 55 190 250 396
Devon Nil 73 12 5 Nil 116 16
Dorset Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Durham 166 242 529 231 398 756 925
Essex Nil 6 7 29 23 5 Nil
Gloucestershire 3 7 11 9 15 Nil 7
Hampshire Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 17 58
Herefordshire Nil Nil Nil 2 Nil 293 1
Hertfordshire Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Huntingdon and Peterborough 27 7 24 Nil 12 57 Nil
Isle of Wight Nil Nil Nil 5 Nil Nil Nil
Kent 176 4 69 45 31 18 21
Lancashire 94 91 117 265 185 391 752
Leicestershire 7 Nil Nil Nil 6 12 8
Lincolnshire—
Holland Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Kesteven Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Lindsey 10 Nil Nil 12 Nil 1 5
London 2 2 Nil 24 6 34 4
Norfolk Nil 9 59 8 7 15 11
Northamptonshire 8 Nil 1 Nil 11 10 6
Northumberland 23 49 22 327 197 436 586
Nottinghamshire 32 32 61 108 205 232 268
Oxfordshire Nil 21 27 8 129 Nil Nil
Rutland Nil 9 Nil Nil 6 Nil Nil
Salop 7 2 15 24 30 28 Nil
Somerset 14 5 11 11 69 28 1
Staffordshire 118 Nil 142 176 191 133 146
Suffolk—East 2 1 1 5 5 1 6
Suffolk—West 7 37 3 3 Nil Nil 18
Surrey 6 3 25 53 18 Nil 2
Sussex—East Nil Nil 10 Nil Nil Nil Nil
Sussex—West 7 2 5 4 3 8 6
Warwickshire 83 20 13 19 66 42 21
Westmorland Nil Nil 4 1 Nil Nil Nil
Wiltshire Nil Nil Nil 1 5 Nil 26
Worcestershire 17 38 30 23 42 92 4
Yorkshire (East Riding) 8 1 3 16 258 1 1
Yorkshire (North Riding) 32 4 9 6 8 30 4
Yorkshire (West Riding) 38 160 91 103 537 305 542

Total expenditure on derelict land reclamation by local authorities in England over the period 1968–69 to 1976–77 was as follows:

£million
1968–69 1.2
1969–70 1.9
1970–71 3.5
1971–72 6.6
1972–73 7.6
1973–74 9.6
1974–75 8.2
1975–76 10.7
1976–77 9.9

Expenditure figures for years prior to 1968–69 are not available and figures in administrative county terms over the period given are not readily available. I will write to the hon. Member.

TABLE II
ACREAGE OF DERELICT LAND RECLAIMED IN ENGLAND FOR THE PERIOD 1ST JANUARY 1972 TO 31ST MARCH 1974 AND THE FINANCIAL YEARS 1974–75 AND 1975–76
From 1st January 1972 to 31st March 1974 (27 months) 1974–75 1975–76
Administrative County—
Avon 5 Nil 13
Bedfordshire 25 8 20
Berkshire 5 Nil Nil
Buckinghamshire Nil 55 80
Cambridgeshire 63 48 93
Cheshire 110 5 128
Cleveland 300 23 190
Cornwall 10 55 Nil
Cumbria 618 78 385
Derbyshire 588 123 250
Devon 95 8 18
Dorset 10 Nil Nil
Durham 1,548 708 608
East Sussex 23 Nil 13
Essex 160 Nil Nil
Gloucestershire Nil 18 28
Hampshire 10 Nil 5
Hereford and Worcester 25 Nil 8
Hertfordshire Nil 5 Nil
Humberside 215 35 65
Isle of Wight 128 Nil Nil
Kent 68 18 18
Lancashire 320 108 163
Leicestershire 55 43 58
Lincolnshire 13 Nil 430
Norfolk 23 8 15
North Yorkshire 30 3 148
Northamptonshire 18 38 33
Northumberland 685 113 185
Nottinghamshire 518 35 88
Oxfordshire 463 Nil 3
Salop 330 10 193
Somerset 3 53 10
Staffordshire 855 175 388
Suffolk 85 10 45
Surrey 55 23 60
Warwickshire 63 Nil 293
West Sussex Nil 123 105
Wiltshire 130 8 30
Metropolitan County—
Greater Manchester 1,215 208 490
Merseyside 415 8 45
South Yorkshire 670 178 150
Tyne and Wear 1,185 325 383
West Midlands 738 155 440
West Yorkshire 540 425 420
Greater London 75 83 63