§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, pursuant to the reply by the right hon. Member for Deptford (Mr. Silkin) to the hon. Member for Melton on 11 June 1975 regarding land release, he will now state (a) how many of the 950 acres of metropolitan green belt identified as suitable for housing have since received planning permission for that purpose, (b) how many of those acres have since been developed, (c) how many of the additional 750 acres granted permission on appeal have since been developed, and (d) how many of the 310 additional acres in the previous Government's target of 2,000 acres have since been granted planning permission.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettSince the completion in 1975 of the exercise to identfy some 2,000 acres of land in the metropolitan green belt suitable for housing, the responsibility for bringing the sites forward for development has lain with the local planning authorities. My Department has no central record of planning permissions or developments from which to answer the hon. Member's questions.