§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will provide in tabular form similar information about the operation of the Community Land Act in England in 1977–78 to that provided for 1976–77 by the Minister for Housing and Construction in reply to the hon. Member for Brigg and Scunthorpe (Mr. Ellis), Official Report, 12th May 1977, c. 579–80.
§ Mr, Guy BarnettProvisional figures of land acquisitions in 1977–78 by regions are given in the table below. The figures are not yet sufficiently firm to permit a reliable breakdown by use for each 85W region, but about 40 per cent. of the total was for housing and nearly all the remainder for industry.
Land acquired 1977–78 (Preliminary assessment: England) Region £ million acres West Midlands 1.6 97 East Midlands 0.5 41 Yorkshire and Humberside 1.4 122 Northern 1.4 236 North West 1.1 53 Eastern 0.7 35 South West 0.3 66 South East 1.6 99 London 1.7 17 Total 10.3 766
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will give details for 1977–78 of the total level of (a) expenditure, (b) income, (c) deficit or (d) surplus for English local authorities in 1977–78 in their community land accounts.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThis information is not yet available from local authorities.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether pursuant to the reply of the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Barnett), Official Report, 17th November 1977, c. 338, he will now give final details of the capital receipts, including rents, from the land disposed of for (a) housing, (b) industry and (c) commerce under the Community Land Act 1975 in 1976–77.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe latest information on disposals in 1976–77, drawn from local authorities' statements of account, is as follows:
Acres Capital receipts and rental income £000 Housing 46.1 393 Industry 5.8 75 Commerce 1.5 10
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the table regarding community land sanctions given by the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Barnett), Official Report, 12th July 1977, columns 69–70, represented the final outturn; and, if not, whether he will indicate any variations from the information provided in that reply.
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§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe final figures of money spent in 1976–77 are shown in the table below. They include some purchases of land financed from resources other than community land key sector; precise figures of unused loan sanctions are, therefore, not available.
County Money spent (final outturn) Avon 8,250 Bedfordshire 183,600 Berkshire 306,207 Buckinghamshire — Cheshire 118,000 Cleveland 95,583 Cornwall 9,221 Cumbria 50,958 Derbyshire 174,121 Devon 170,815 Dorset 637,634 Durham 155,484 East Sussex 231,973 Essex 67,209 Greater London 1,273,518 Greater Manchester 421,766 Hampshire 545,059 Hereford and Worcestershire 237,600 Hertfordshire — Humberside 498,924 Isle of Wight 16,750 Kent 975,072 Lancashire 32,814 Leicestershire 465,101 Lincolnshire 28,203 Merseyside 200,100 Norfolk — Northamptonshire 102,716 Northumberland 390,175 North Yorkshire 140,096 Nottinghamshire 296,789 Oxfordshire 132,857 Somerset 222,691 South Yorkshire 888,362 Staffordshire 793,771 Surrey 358,012 Tyne and Wear 546,878 Warwickshire 51,273 West Midlands 1,541,389 West Yorkshire 415,370
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will bring up to date the information regarding orders, regulations, circulars and development advice notes and guidance notes under the Community Land Act given in answers by the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Barnett) Official Report, 21st November 1977, 87W columns 517–20, and 6th February 1978, columns 407–8.
Date made or issued Reference number Circulars Private sector land: requirements and supply 15th June 1978 Circular 44/78 Guidance to local authorities Community Land Scheme arrangements in inner urban areas 10th March 1978 GNLA/16 Issue of loan sanctions 1978–79 22nd March 1978 GNLA/17 Amendments to the Accounts Directions 7th April 1978 GNLA/18 Land acquisition and disposal procedures: management network 18th May 1978 DAN 4 Directions The Community Land Accounts (England) (Amendment) Directions 1978 28th March 1978 (issued with GNLA/18) The Community Land Accounts (Devon) County Council Special Direction 1978 2nd January 1978 — The Community Land Accounts (Newark District Council) Special Direction 1978 15th March 1978 — The Community Land Accounts (Isle of Wight) Special Direction 1978 23rd March 1978 — The Community Land Accounts (City of Durham) Special Direction 1978 31st March 1978 — The Community Land Accounts (London Borough of Wandsworth) Special Direction 1978 31st March 1978 — The Community Land Accounts (Suffolk Coastal District Council No. 1) Special Direction 1978 31st March 1978 — The Community Land Accounts (Chesterfield Borough Council) Special Direction 1978 3rd May 1978 —
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total acreage disposed of by local authorities in 197–78 of land acquired for (a) industry, (b) commerce and (c) housing under the Community Land Act in 1977–78; what were the financial receipts in each case; and how much of the land disposed of under each category had been acquired in 1976–77 and how much in 1977–78.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettI am not yet in a position to add to the information my right hon. Friend gave in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea, South (Mr. Perry) on 19th June.—[Vol. 952, c. 75–76.]
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will give for each county council the total number of acres acquired and disposed of, indicating the intended use in each case, under the Community Land Act in 1977–78; and whether, for purposes of reference, he will compare this in tabular form with the information for 1976–77 provided, Official Report, 17th November 1977, column 341–2.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettReliable information in this detail is not yet available.
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§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe information is as follows: