§ Mr. McKelveyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the total amount of land presently vested in the urban development corporations; and what projections there are for this to increase;
(2) what percentage of the total amount of land vested in the urban development corporations was owned (a) privately, (b) by local authorities and (c) by statutory undertakers.
§ Mr. Giles ShawA total of 634 acres of publicly owned land (including enclosed water areas) have been vested in the London Docklands Development Corporation, and 510 acres in the Merseyside Development Corporation. There is no power to vest privately owned land in an urban development corporation. The figures for public sector land, broken down, are:
LDDC MDC (acres) per cent. (acres) per cent. Local authority 356.3 56.2 56.8 11.2 Statutory undertaker 277.4 43.8 48.1 9.4 Other public body — — 404.6 79.4 Total 633.6 100 509.5 100 The case for any increase will be considered as and when the occasion arises.
§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total acreage of land owned by each individual health authority in England and Wales registered on the land registers.
§ Mr. Giles ShawLand owned by regional health authorities and entered on the registers is as follows:
Acres South-East Thames 1,464 North-East Thames 79 Wessex 142 Mersey 120 Trent 103
§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the total acreage of land owned by each individual nationalised industry and statutory undertaking registered on the land registers;
(2) what is the total acreage of land owned by each individual Government Department registered on the land registers.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe last full analysis of land registers referred to 1 July 1982. At that date the following acreages were held by Government departments (excluding health authority land), nationalised industries and statutory undertakers in England:
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Acres Department of Environment 614 Department of Energy 343
Acres Department of Transport 82 Ministry of Defence 1,141 Departments of Trade and Industry 12 British Railways Board 10,060 British Gas Corporation 1,536 National Coal Board 1,780 British Transport Docks Board 369 Other port authorities 2,673 British Waterways Board 103 Central Electricity Generating Board and regional electricity boards 3,124 Water authorities 1,999 British Steel Corporation 1,102 British Shipbuilders 132 Post Office 7 British Telecommunications 923 Other nationalised industries and statutory undertakers 80 The next full analysis will give the position at 1 January 1983.
§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many sites in England were on the land registers at the latest available date; and what was their total acreage.
§ Mr. Giles ShawAt 1 July, the date for the last full analysis, the registers contained details of 10,639 sites covering 95,329 acres. Subsequent additions have brought these totals to over 11,000 sites and over 100,000 acres. A further analysis to produce exact figures as at 1 January is in hand.