§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report an index of land values for each of the areas designated under the terms of the Inner Urban Areas Bill, using as its base the average value per acre at the date when the White Paper, "Policy for the Inner Cities", Command Paper No. 6845, was published.
§ Mr. ShoreIt is not practicable to maintain a valid and reliable index of land values covering developed and undeveloped land. In my statement to the House on the Second Reading of the Inner Urban Areas Bill I said that I intended to designate the districts of the partnership and programme authorities as well as the districts of a limited number of other authorities with serious problems of urban decay.—[Vol. 943, c. 1694.]
§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what acreage of land in each of the inner city areas so far designated under the terms of the Inner Urban Areas Bill is in public ownership; and how much is in private ownership.
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§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total acreage of land covered by each of the designated areas defined so far under the terms of the Inner Urban Areas Bill.
§ Mr. ShoreI intend that the districts of certain local authorities will be designated for powers under the Inner Urban Areas Bill when it becomes law. Some of the powers of the Bill will be limited to special areas within those districts. I have announced that I shall be designating the districts for which there are partnership arrangements and where the local authority has been invited to prepare an inner area programme, and that I envisage also designating the districts of a limited number of other authorities where there are serious problems of urban decay. The areas of the districts of the partnership and programme authorities are as follows:
Acreage Partnership Authorities Newcastle … … … 26,000 Gateshead … … … 35,373 Manchester … … … 27,720 Salford … … … 23,942 Liverpool … … … 27,819 Birmingham … … … 65,289 Hackney … … … 4,815 Islington … … … 3,678 Lambeth … … … 6,835 Greenwich … … … 11,724 Lewisham … … … 8,581 Newham … … … 8,986 southwark … … … 7,117 Tower Hamlets … … … 4,994 Total … … … 262,873
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Programme Authorities Hammersmith … … 3,996 Middlesborough … … 13,410 Wolverhampton … … 17,000 Leicester … … 18,141 Nottingham … … 18,364 Wirral … … 38,420 Bolton … … 35,155 Oldham … … 34,871 Sunderland … … 33,976 Bradford … … 91,444 North Tyneside … … 20,700 South Tyneside … … 15,711 Leeds … … 138,441 Sheffield … … 90,825 Kingston upon Hull … … 17,593 Total … … 588,047 Grand Total … … 850,920
§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what was the average value of an acre of land in the inner area of Birmingham now designated as a partnership area under the terms of the Inner Urban Areas Bill, in May 1977; and what is the average value now;
(2) what was the average value of an acre of land in May 1977 in the area of London dockland now designated as a partnership area under the terms of the Inner Urban Areas Bill; and what is the average value now;
(3) what was the average value of an acre of land in May 1977 in the inner area of Liverpool now designated as a partnership area under the terms of the Inner Urban Areas Bill; and what is the average value now;
(4) what was the average value of an acre of land in May 1977 in the inner area of Manchester/Salford now designated as a partnership area under the terms of the Inner Urban Areas Bill; and what is the average value now;
(5) what was the average value of an acre of land in May 1977 in the area of Lambeth now designated as a partnership area under the terms of the Inner Urban Areas Bin; and what is the average value now.
§ Mr. ShoreLand values depend on supply and demand in the market and what purchasers are prepared to pay for the intended use of a particular site at a given time. An average figure of value per acre of land, especially for a restricted area, would not be meaningful.