HC Deb 06 July 1978 vol 953 cc301-2W
Mr. Weetch

asked the Attorney General what is the current rate of progress for compulsory registration of land.

The Solicitor-General

Compulsory registration of title on sale of land, which now extends to areas comprising 74.2 per cent. of the population of England and Wales, has been extended at an average annual rate of 6 per cent. of that population over the last four years.

The numbers of first registrations in areas of compulsory registration for the last four years are as follows:

1974–75 200,483
1975–76 292,718
1976–77 306,903
1977–78 361,164

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