§ Mr. Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the approximate area of each designated and confirmed green belt area in England.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe latest available information was supplied to the Select Committee on the Environment for its report on "Green Belt and Land for Housing". The broad areas of green belt approved in structure plans are as follows:
Acres (approximate) Metropolitan Green Belt 1,200,000 Burton-Swadlincote Green Belt 2,000 West Midlands Green Belt 650,000
Local authority capital expenditure against DOE/LA1: England £m Gross capital expenditure* Capital Receipts Net capital expenditure Net captital provision Capital allocations 1981–82 Education 423 38 385 364 355 Personal social services 96 28 68 92 89 Housing 1,901 965 936 1,396 1,796 Transport 614 57 557 631 615 Other services† 894 312 582 656 639 Total DOE/LA1 3,927 1,400 2,527 3,139 3,494 1982–83 Education 428 48 380 309 338 Personal social services 95 31 64 102 103 Housing 2,388 1,738 650 1,489 2,179 Transport 662 54 608 720 685 Other services† 1,177 364 813 765 967 Total DOE/LA1 4,750 2,235 2,515 3,385 4,272 1983–84 Education 445 47 398 285 295 Personal social services 101 35 66 108 109 Housing 3,087 1,727 1,360 1,192 2,223 Transport 753 42 711 766 742 Other services 1,161 393 768 585 706 Total DOE/LA1 5,547 2,244 3,303 2,935 4,075
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1984–85‡ 1985–86‡≑ Net capital provision Capital allocations Net capital provision Capital allocations Education 275 301 256 315 Personal social services 108 116 71 70
Acres (approximate) Greater Manchester, Central Lancashire, Merseyside/Wirral Green Belts 750,000 Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Green Belts 200,000 Nottinghamshire/Derby Green Belt 200,000 York Green Belt 50,000 South and West Yorkshire Green Belt 800,000 Oxford Green Belt 100,000 Gloucester/Cheltenham Green Belt 20,000 Stoke on Trent Green Belt 125,000 Cambridge Green Belt 26,550 South West Hampshire/South East Dorset Green Belt 220,000 Since the Committee reported, an alteration to Hertfordshire structure plan has been approved including a small extension to green belt to the east of Luton. The structure plan for Avon, which includes a proposal for a green belt of approximately 150,000 acres, is still being considered.