HC Deb 06 February 1978 vol 943 cc407-8W
Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will bring up to date the information regarding orders, regulations, circulars, development advice notes and guidance notes under the Community Land Act given in two Written Answers by the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Barnett), Official Report, 21st November, c. 517–20.

Mr. Guy Barnett

The information is as follows:

Hereford and Worcestershire 75,500
Hertfordshire 354,000
Humberside 127,500
Isle of Wight 43,000
Kent 365,500
Lancashire 212,000
Lincolnshire 31,000
Merseyside 68.000
Norfolk 324,000
Northamptonshire 138,000
Northumberland 322,500
North Yorkshire 84,500
Nottinghamshire 138,500
Oxfordshire 10,500
Shropshire 62,000
South Yorkshire 677,000
Staffordshire 283,500
Suffolk 47,500
Surrey 536,000
Tyne and Wear 123,500
Warwickshire 381,000
West Midlands 1,998,000
West Yorkshire 937,500

Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is yet in a position to give, for each county council in the current financial year, details of how much land each has acquired and resold under the Community Land Act for (a) housing, (b) commercial development and (c) industrial development; and what have been the acquisition costs in each case, and any income from resale.

Mr. Guy Barnett

These figures will not be available until after the end of the financial year.