§ Mr. Doverasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many acres currently recorded in the 362 local authority land registers for England belong to the nationalised industries; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw24,000 as at 1 July, which represents 25 per cent. of the recorded total of registered land.
§ Mr. Doverasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many acres currently recorded m the local authority land registers for England are in the ownership of the Ministry of Defence; and if he will express that as a percentage of the total number of acres recorded.
§ Mr. Giles ShawAt 1 July Ministry of Defence land registers amounted to 1,140 acres, just over one per cent. of the total.
§ Mr. Doverasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what acreage of land otherwise eligible to be recorded on the land register as being vacant or underutilised has been excluded by virtue of the fact that local authorities have stated that they have some other use for it in the next two years.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe criteria currently set for inclusion of land on the registers exclude sites where development is firmly programmed and expected to start within two years. Since public bodies have not been asked to declare such land it is not known how much of it exists.
§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list each local authority which has not prepared a vacant land register.
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§ Mr. Giles ShawLand registers have now been published for every English district and London borough.