§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list all the districts in England which have been given derelict land clearance area status, together with the derelict and despoiled acreage in each case.
§ Mr. CryerThe geographical units used for designating derelict land clearance areas—DLCAs—are the employment office areas—EOA. All the present DLCAs were designated in 1970 and adjoin the assisted areas in the West and East Midlands. The EOAs concerned are:
- Arnold
- Bakewell
- Basford and Bulwell
- Beeston
- Belper
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- Burslem
- Cheadle
- Derby
- Hanley
- Hucknall
- Ilkeston
- Kidsgrove
- Leek
- Long Eaton
- Longton
- Mansfield
- Matlock
- Netherfield
- Newark
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Nottingham
- Retford
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Stone
Details of derelict and despoiled land are given in the Survey of Derelict and Despoiled Land in England 1974 produced by the Department of the Environment. Figures about the extent of derelict land are available for individual local authority districts, although those for mineral workings, the largest category of despoiled land, are available only for counties. The amounts of derelict and despoiled land in the local authority areas which most nearly correspond to the EOAs listed above are:
DESPOILED LAND (Figures at 1st April 1974) Hectares County Mineral workings where work is in progress Abandoned mineral workings: restoration conditions unfulfilled Area in use for refuse tipping Derbyshire … … 2,292 43 259 Nottinghamshire … … 2,103 50 138 Staffordshire … … 2,562 13 462