HC Deb 26 February 1986 vol 92 cc551-2W
Mr. Lyell

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the acreage of land shown in the derelict land register in respect of each of the parliamentary authorities listed in his answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Rooker) on 28 January, Official Report, column 470.

Mr. John Patten

My Department does not maintain a register of derelict land. Registers of unused and underused publicly-owned land were set up under part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. On 20 February the amount of land shown on these registers as owned by the authorities listed in the answer of 28 January was as follows:

Local Authority Amount of registered land (acres)
1 Leeds 1,264
2 Kingston-upon-Hull 892
3 Sunderland 845
4 Manchester 646
5 Liverpool 503
6 Bradford 489
7 Sheffield 480
8 Wakefield 471
9 Gateshead 460
10 Rotherham 445
11 Preston 434
12 Rochdale 433
13 Coventry 421
14 Barnsley 410
15 Kirklees 389
16 Dudley 359
17 North Tyneside 344
18 Nottingham 281
19 Greater London Council 268
20 Calderdale 263
21 Tameside 247
22 Leicester 242
23 Oldham 235
24 Salford 217
25 Burnley 212
26 Birmingham 210
27 Hillingdon 197
28 Walsall 196
29 Wolverhampton 195
30 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 173
31 Sandwell 169
32 Wirral 167
33 Derby 133
34 Norwich 177
35 Rochester-upon-Medway 80
36 Newham 65
37 Greenwich 46
38 Lambeth 44
39 Southwark 40
40 Easington 33
41 Haringey 33
42 Brent 27
43 Tower Hamlets 24
44 Lewisham 11
45 Islington 10
46 Hackney 7
47 Hammersmith and Fulham 2
Local Authority Amount of registered land (acres)
48 Camden 0
49 Wandsworth 0
50 Westminster, City of 0