§ 45. Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, on the basis of the registers prepared recently by local authorities, what were the total areas of vacant, dormant and derelict land.
§ Mr. Giles ShawPart X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act empowers my right hon. Friend to compile registers of unused and insufficiently used land owned by public bodies in designated areas. The 35 registers published so far include information on 22,129168W acres of such land. I cannot give details in my hon. Friend's terms, but about half of the acreage has potential for development and about one-sixth is thought to be suitable for housebuilding.