HC Deb 22 March 1979 vol 964 cc685-6W
Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will set out in tabular form the final figures for the number of acres and the price for land acquired by local authorities in England in 1977–78 under the Community Land Act for each of the following uses (a) housing, (b) industry and (c) other, including commerce, for which the provisional previous figures totalled 714 acres and £8.5 million.

Mr. Guy Barnett

The latest figures are given in the table below. Further revisions are possible, although they are unlikely to be significant.

LAND ACQUIRED 1977–78
Proposed use Acres Costmillion)
Housing 372 3.1
Industry 352 5.1
Other (including commerce) 19 0.8
TOTAL 743 9.0