§ Mr. Bevanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how much land is registered on each land register;
(2) what is the total amount of land disposed of, in the course of disposal and under disposal negotiations, respectively; and what proportion this represents of total land listed on the registers:
(3) if he will indicate the percentage of land disposed of, in the course of disposal and under disposal negotiations as a proportion of the whole of each land register and as a proportion of the whole of the total of land on all registers;
(4) if he will list the amounts of land disposed of, in the course of disposal, and under disposal negotiations on each land register;
261W(5) what is the total amount of land now registered on all land registers.
§ Mr. Giles ShawAt 1 January the registers contained details of some 108,000 acres of unused and underused public land. At that time 4,070 acres, representing 3.8 per cent. of the total land registered, had been disposed of since registers were published and 1,848 acres, 1.7 per cent. of the total, had been removed from the registers because the land had been brought into use. Figures are not available for land in course of disposal or under negotiation, though it is estimated that a total of about a third is currently on the market.
The land on each register, the acreage disposed of and that acreage as a percentage of the total for each register are given in the following table.
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Land registers: Land recorded on registers at 1 January 1983 and land removed from registers by that date following disposal Northern Region A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A Hartlepool 560.4 8.2 1.5 Langbaurgh 798.0 — — Middlesbrough 1,029.6 96.3 9.4 Stockton-on-Tees 1,219.5 1.6 0.1 Cleveland 3,607.5 106.1 2.9 Allerdale 495.0 — — Barrow-in Furness 465.2 5.0 1.1 Carlisle 381.7 — — Copeland 462.5 — — Eden 203.7 — — South Lakeland 283.3 — — Cumbria 2,291.4 5.0 0.2 Chester-le-Street 60.4 — — Darlington 727.9 — — Derwentside 911.6 214.0 23.5 Durham 125.9 1.1 0.9 Easington 445.7 0.7 0.2 Sedgefield 324.5 — — Teesdale 42.0 — — Wear Valley 116.6 4.7 4.0 Durham 2,754.6 220.5 8.0 Alnwick 64.5 3.1 4.9 Berwick upon Tweed 28.8 — — Blyth Valley 305.6 — — Castle Morpeth 74.4 — — Tynedale 91.3 — — Wansbeck 305.3 4.6 1.5 Northumberland 950.4 7.7 0.8 Gateshead 1,116.6 46.0 4.1 Newcastle upon Tyne 480.2 26.0 5.3 North Tyneside 766.3 — — South Tyneside 482.5 — — Sunderland 1,820.1 50.6 3.8 Tyne and Wear 4,171.7 122.6 2.9
Yorkshire and Humberside Region A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A Beverley 426.3 — — Boothferry 386.3 10.0 2.6 Cleethorpes 111.4 — — Glanford 1,022.0 3.0 .3 Great Grimsby 197.2 — — Holderness 455.1 — — Kingston upon Hull 1,312.0 — — North Wolds 274.2 — — Scunthorpe 192.4 — — Humberside 4,376.9 13.0 .3 Craven 77.7 2.2 2.8 Hambleton 111.1 — — Harrogate 171.7 — — Richmondshire 71.3 14.7 20.6 Ryedale 302.7 — — Scarborough 111.9 — — Selby 134.9 — — York 144.4 — — North Yorkshire 1,125.7 16.9 1.5 Barnsley 927.5 — — Doncaster 1,358.4 3.0 .2 Rotherham 684.6 4.4 .6 Sheffield 672.9 47.9 7.1 South Yorkshire 3,643.4 55.3 1.5 Bradford 878.2 30.8 3.5 Calderdale 328.6 7.8 2.4 Kirklees 505.2 173.0 34.2 Leeds 1,961.0 156.6 8.0 Wakefield 866.5 10.8 1.2 West Yorkshire 4,539.5 379.0 8.3 263W
North West Region A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A Chester 237.8 5.6 2.4 Congleton 58.4 — — Crewe and Nantwich 222.6 10.2 — Ellesmere Port and Weston 257.5 — — Waltham 507.7 5.4 1.1 Macclesfield 606.8 4.5 0.7 Vale Royal 905.0 — — Warrington 2,740.7 — — Cheshire 5,536.5 25.7 0.5 Blackburn 688.6 — — Blackpool 327.8 4.0 1.2 Burnley 405.8 — — Chorley 181.2 — — Fylde 127.3 — — Hybdburn 316.9 — — Lancaster 330.1 — — Pendle 181.4 — — Preston 552.9 11.5 2.1 Ribble Valley 85.5 — — Rossendale 254.5 — — South Ribble 289.0 — — West Lancashire 626.7 — — Wyre 283.4 — — Lancashire 4,851.1 15.5 0.3
A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A Bolton 1,171.1 — — Bury 535.0 1.0 0.2 Manchester 849.3 74.2 8.7 Oldham 422.4 11.9 2.8 Rochdale 717.1 1.2 0.2 Salford 602.7 61.3 10.2 Stockport 544.9 66.3 12.2 Tameside 588.7 7.0 1.2 Trafford 380.7 22.5 5.9 Wigan 1,159.6 5.5 0.5 Greater Manchester 6,371.5 250.9 3.6 Knowsley 219.8 75.2 34.2 Liverpool 1,280.0 89.4 7.0 St. Helens 281.9 45.7 16.2 Sefton 546.4 178.7 32.7 Wirral 380.7 68.9 18.1 Merseyside 2,708.8 457.9 16.9 264W
East Midlands Region A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A Amber Valley 309.4 10.4 3.4 Bolsover 288.6 — — Chesterfield 393.8 10.0 2.6 Derby 337.4 34.5 10.2 Erewash 147.5 — — High Peak 309.4 3.8 1.2 North East Derbyshire 377.2 — — South Derbyshire 248.9 — — West Derbyshire 155.9 — — Derbyshire 2,558.1 58.7 2.3 Blaby 207.4 — — Charnwood 219.7 8.3 3.8 Hardborough 54.8 — — Hinckley and Bosworth 130.7 — — Leicester 458.3 40.8 8.9 Melton 81.4 — — North West Leicestershire 223.0 1.1 .5 Oadby and Wigston 36.2 — — Rutland 63.8 — — Leicestershire 1,475.3 50.2 3.4 Boston 149.8 — — East Lindsey 279.7 12.4 4.4 Lincoln 453.5 .4 .1 North Kesteven 93.1 — — South Holland 51.5 — — South Kesteven 244.1 3.0 1.2 West Lindsey 249.8 45.0 18.0 Lincolnshire 1,521.5 60.8 4.0 Corby 992.5 24.8 2.5 Daventry 446.8 2.0 .4 East Northamptonshire 250.2 1.6 .6 Kettering 186.8 — — Northampton 1,379.9 — — South Northamptonshire 201.4 4.0 2.0 Wellingborough 924.4 8.9 1.0 Northamptonshire 4,382.0 41.3 .9 Ashfield 715.1 — —_ Bassetlaw 279.5 — — Broxtowe 104.0 — —
A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A Gedling 200.3 1.6 .8 Mansfield 313.1 — — Newark 259.4 8.0 3.1 Nottingham 615.0 13.9 2.3 Rushcliffe 269.0 — — Nottinghamshire 2,755.4 23.5 .9 265W
West Midlands Region A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A Bromsgrove 102.2 — — Hereford 65.5 — — Leominster 29.5 — — Malvern Hills 125.1 8.1 6.5 Redditch 67.3 — — South Herefordshire 134.0 — — Worcester 119.9 — — Wychavon 198.8 — — Wyre Forest 313.6 — — Hereford and Worcestershire 1,155.9 8.1 .7 Bridgnorth 208.1 — — North Shropshire 98.6 1.0 1.0 Oswestry 59.7 3.7 6.2 Shrewsbury and Hatcham 164.6 2.5 1.5 South Shropshire 57.6 — — Wrekin 2,245.9 — — Salop 2,834.5 7.2 .3 Cannock Chase 612.3 — — East Staffordshire 285.1 — — Lichfield 21.0 — — Newcastle under Lyme 171.9 34.9 20.3 Stafford 1810 — — South Staffordshire 135.1 12.2 9.0 Staffordshire Moorlands 203.3 — — Stoke on Trent 591.3 186.5 31.5 Tamworth 120.2 — — Staffordshire 2,321.2 233.6 10.1 North Warwickshire 219.7 6.0 2.7 Nuneaton 252.1 — Rugby 364.7 — Stratford on Avon 171.4 — — Warwick 66.5 11.4 17.1 Warwickshire 1,074.4 17.4 1.6 Birmingham 532.0 123.8 23.3 Coventry 596.9 9.7 1.6 Dudley 498.0 41.3 8.3 Sandwell 378.2 17.8 4.7 Solihull 29.9 — — Walsall 320.5 26.8 8.4 Wolverhampton 453.4 — — West Midlands 2,808.9 219.4 7.8
East Anglia Region A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A Cambridge 85.7 — — East Cambridgeshire 140.6 — — Fenland 135.5 4.2 3.1 Huntingdon 6511 16.3 2.5 Peterborough 170.4 81.2 47.7 South Cambridgeshire 90.5 8.8 9.7 Cambridgeshire 1,273.8 110.5 8.7 Breckland 67.7 20.5 30.3 Broadland 85.8 2.1 2.4 Great Yarmouth 20.8 — — North Norfolk 191.9 — — Norwich 60.5 — — South Norfolk 106.8 — — West Norfolk 204.0 — — Norfolk 737.5 22.6 3.1 Bambergh 182.7 — — Forest Heath 139.7 — — Ipswich 96.4 13.1 13.6 Mid-Suffolk 84.4 — — St. Edmondsbury 370.3 — — Suffolk Coastal 203.8 — — Waveney 118.3 — — Suffolk 1,195.8 13.1 1.1 266W
South East region A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A North Bedfordshire 244.6 47.2 19.3 Luton 271.2 — — Mid Bedfordshire 83.1 — — South Bedfordshire 221.1 12.1 5.5 Bedfordshire 820.0 59.3 7.2 Bracknell 75.4 4.0 5.3 Newbury 183.1 22.0 12.0 Reading 192.2 2.8 1.5 Slough 172.8 — — Windsor and Maidenhead 312.3 4.3 1.4 Wokingham 248.5 — — Berkshire 1,184.3 33.1 2.8 Alyesbury Vale 137.1 — — South Buckinghamshire 149.8 — — Chiltern 31.9 1.1 3.4 Milton Keynes 43.7 2.4 5.5 Wycombe 96.6 3.0 3.1 Buckinghamshire 459.1 6.5 1.4 Brighton 93.5 2.1 2.2 Eastbourne 159.7 8.0 5.0 Hastings 454.7 30.4 6.7 Hove 66.6 90 13.5 Lewes 175.4 — — Rother 463.2 — — Wealden 513.4 — — East Sussex 1,926.5 49.5 2.6 Basildon 687.3 8.6 1.3 Braintree 116.5 27.5 23.5 Brentwood 72.0 1.6 2.2 Castlepoint — — — 267W
A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D. C as a percentage of A Chelmsford 130.1 — — Colchester 309.7 — — Epping Forest 164.7 5.2 3.2 Harlow 130.9 1.2 .9 Maldon 79.8 — — Rochford 102.7 1.1 1.1 Southend-on-Sea 27.8 — — Tendring 89.0 — — Thurrock 131.1 2.8 2.1 Uttlesford 27.4 — — Essex 2,069.0 48.0 2.3 Basingstoke and Deane 513.1 — — East Hampshire 81.3 — — Eastleigh 127.7 — — Fare ham 326.2 6.8 2.1 Gosport 113.9 6.8 6.0 Hart 160.6 10.4 6.5 Havant 96.8 44.8 46.3 New Forest 387.3 7.1 1.8 Portsmouth 239.2 165.5 69.2 Rushmoor 38.4 2.0 5.2 Southampton 111.4 1.9 1.7 Test Valley 301.0 245.0 81.4 Winchester 191.0 1.5 .8 Hampshire 2,687.9 491.8 18.3 Broxbourne 44.6 7.3 16.4 Dacorum 487.6 — — East Hertfordshire 140.2 — — Hertsmere 106.7 — — North Hertfordshire 183.3 3.2 1.7 St. Albans 145.3 — — Stevenage 328.7 — — Three Rivers 38.4 — — Watford 62.4 — — Welwyn Hatfield 66.2 1.2 1.8 Hertfordshire 1,603.4 11.7 .7 Medina 121.0 — — South Wight 41.8 1.7 4.1 Isle of Wight 162.8 1.7 1.0 Ashford 525.7 42.4 8.1 Canterbury 183.9 14.1 7.7 Dartford 853.7 1.4 .2 Dover 275.6 3.5 1.3 Gillingham 185.0 — — Gravesham 91.0 17.0 18.7 Maidstone 474.3 6.8 1.4 Rochester-upon-Medway 145.0 16.0 11.0 Sevenoaks 162.8 135.5 83.2 Shepway 143.5 10.7 7.5 Swale 204.6 2.3 1.1 Thanet 230.0 1.0 .4 Tonbridge and Mailing 1,058.4 18.6 1.8 Tunbridge Wells 307.9 6.2 2.0 Kent 4,841.0 275.5 5.7 Charwell 158.6 9.0 5.7 Oxford 60.9 1.1 1.8 South Oxfordshire 102.6 29.7 28.9 Vale of White Horse 172.4 24.0 13.9 West Oxfordshire 20.8 2.3 11.1 Oxfordshire 515.3 66.1 12.8 Elmbridge 56.5 8.0 14.2 Epsom and Ewell 57.7 12.6 21.8 Guildford 189.7 14.1 7.4
A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A Mole Valley 116.2 — — Reigate and Banstead 188.7 — — Runnymede 44.4 — — Spelthorne 96.2 2.4 2.5 Suney Heath 35.7 — — Tandridge 148.1 7.7 5.2 Waverley 185.8 10.4 5.6 Woking 79.5 11 1.4 Surrey 1,198.4 56.3 4.7 Adur 18.5 — — Arun 97.7 — — Chichester 84.2 1.7 2.0 Crawley 55.9 13.3 23.8 Horsham 400.2 — — Mid-Sussex 179.3 — — Worthing 60.3 — — West Sussex 896.1 15.0 1.7 City of London 1.0 — — Barking and Dagenham 380.6 — — Bamet 168.3 2.8 1.7 Bexley 149.9 — — Brent 97.7 — — Bromley 289.8 — — Camden 38.6 — — Croydon 353.9 — — Ealing 179.3 86.9 48.5 Enfield 282.8 1.9 .7 Greenwich 266.1 — — Hackney 50.3 — — Hammersmith and Fulham 83.4 — — Haringey 56.2 — — Harrow 102.9 5.1 5.0 Havering 332.8 — — Hillingdon 267.4 13.3 5.0 Hounslow 176.9 — — Islington 46.5 6.0 12.9 Kensington and Chelsea 44.1 — — Kingston-upon-Thames 38.4 2.5 6.5 Lambeth 59.0 — — Lewisham 163.8 — — Merton 54.3 — — Newham 688.6 12.2 1.8 Redbridge 101.9 3.6 3.5 Richmond 36.1 — — Southwark 296.7 16.3 5.5 Sutton 206.9 1.1 .5 Tower Hamlets 253.9 39.2 15.4 Waltham Forest 136.8 — — Wandsworth 60.2 15.2 25.2 Westminster 140 — — Greater London 5,479.1 206.1 3.8 268W
South West Region A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A Bath 17.3 .8 4.6 Bristol 1,075.6 15.0 1.4 Kingswood 96.1 — — Porthavon 332.8 — — Wansdyke 50.0 1.0 1.7 Woodspring 931.0 37.3 4.0 Avon 2,512.8 54.1 2.2 Caradon 73.6 6.6 9.0 Carrick 124.3 — — Kerrier 98.5 1.0 1.0
A: Local authority area B: Acreage held on register C: Acreage disposed of D: C as a percentage of A North Cornwall 90.1 1.6 1.8 Penwith 111.4 — — Restormel 58.3 3.9 6.7 Cornwall 556.2 13.1 2.4 East Devon 229.4 3.4 1.5 Exeter 67.2 30.0 44.6 North Devon 203.5 — — Plymouth 615.3 — — South Hampshire 506.3 — — Teignbridge 89.2 2.4 2.7 Mid-Devon 90.9 — — Torbay 27.8 1.9 6.8 Torridge 127.8 — — West Devon 157.8 — — Devon 2,115.2 37.7 1.8 Bournemouth 120 — — Christchurch 28.2 21.8 77.3 North Dorset 107.3 60 5.6 Poole 290.2 7.2 2.5 Purbeck 94.0 3.7 3.9 West Dorset 113.5 3.1 2.7 Weymouth and Portland 103.5 — — Wimbome 283.8 7.8 2.7 Dorset 1,032.5 49.6 4.8 Cheltenham 51.4 — — Cotswold 128.4 — — Forest of Dean 129.0 2.8 1.6 Gloucester 391.4 — — Stroud 219.1 — — Tewkesbury 340.1 7.3 2.1 Gloucestershire 1,309.4 10.1 .8 Mendip 101.6 7.6 7.5 Sedgemoor 176.8 10.3 5.8 Taunton Deane 64.0 — — West Somerset 7.8 — — Yeovil 33.3 5.8 17.4 Somerset 383.5 23.7 6.2 Kennet 162.1 1.5 .9 North Wiltshire 165.3 4.9 3.0 Salisbury 276.2 — — Thamesdown 1,455.1 12.6 .9 West Wiltshire 177.8 — — Wiltshire 2,236.5 19.0 .8