HC Deb 21 July 1981 vol 9 cc95-6W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what area of land is owned by his Department in (a) England and (b) Wales (i) in total in hectares and (ii) as a percentage of land area.

Mr. Goodhart

The area of land owned or leased by the Ministry of Defence in England, Wales and Scotland in hectares and as a percentage of the total land area is as follows:

Area (1981) taken from "Britain 1981" published by HMSO

(a)

hectares

MOD Land Holdings as at 1 April 1981

(a)

hectares

Column b as per cent. of column a

(c)

England 13,043,758 187,586 1.44
Wales 2,076,921 20,842 1.00
Scotland 7,878,262 20,398 0.26

Inland waters are included in all the above figures but tidal waters and foreshore are excluded.

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