§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report for each of the metropolitan district council areas (a) the total acreage and (b) the proportion of all land designated as derelict at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe information is given in the attached table. The figures in column(b) are based on information available at 1 April 1982, the date of the last survey of derelict land in England. The figures shown in brackets represent the proportion of derelict land which is considered to justify reclamation.
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Metropolitan District Council (a) Council Area (acres) (b) Proportion of land which is derelict Greater Manchester Bolton 34,572 2.8 (2.7) Bury 24,511 4.8 (4.8) Manchester 28,720 2.5 (2.4) Oldham 34,871 2.5 (2.3) Rochdale 39,306 1.4 (1.1) Salford 23,942 4.0 (3.3) Stockport 31,153 1.0 (0.9) Tameside 25,510 2.5 (2.5) Trafford 26,129 1.7 (1.4) Wigan 51,461 6.4 (6.4) Merseyside Knowsley 24,065 1.6 (1.6) Liverpool 27,819 5.7 (5.7) St. Helens 32,201 3.5 (n/a) Sefton 36,325 1.2 (1.2) Wirral 38,420 1.7 (1.7) Tyne and Wear Gateshead 35,373 2.9 (2.9) Newcastle upon Tyne 27,643 1.2 (1.2) North Tyneside 20,700 3.2 (3.2) South Tyneside 15,711 3.0 (3.0) Sunderland 33,962 3.2 (3.2)
Metropolitan District Council (a) Council Area (acres) (b) Proportion of land which is derelict West Yorkshire Bradford 90,572 0.9 (0.8) Calderdale 89,851 1.0 (0.9) Kirklees 101,294 1.3 (1.2) Leeds 138,911 1.4 (1.1) Wakefield 82,336 1.8 (1.8) South Yorkshire Barnsley 80,048 1.2 (1.1) Doncaster 143,698 0.5 (0.4) Rotherham 69,877 0.9 (0.8) Sheffield 90,785 0.5 (0.4) West Midlands Birmingham 64,822 0.9 (0.9) Coventry 23,845 0.9 (0.9) Dudley 24,202 5.9 (5.9) Sandwell 21,150 2.8 (2.8) Solihull 44,495 0.2 (0.2) Walsall 26,266 4.1 (4.0) Wolverhampton 17,000 3.6 (3.6)