§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report for each county in Wales the amount of derelict land, in hectares, in (a) 1974 and (b) the latest available date; and if he will indicate the number of hectares of land restored by each county for the corresponding period.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsFigures are not available for 1974, but the amount of derelict land in 1972 when the last survey was undertaken was as follows:
1972 Hectares Clwyd 1,177 Dyfed 2,113 Gwent 2,762 Gwynedd 1,968 Mid Glamorgan 3,631 Powys 665 South Glamorgan 508 West Glamorgan 1,658 Total 14,482 Detailed information is not available for the amount of derelict land at present, but the Welsh Development Agency's assessment, taking account of land reclaimed and new dereliction, is that the overall amount of dereliction remains broadly the same.
Figures are not available by county since 1972 but the area of derelict land reclaimed in the period since 1975 is as follows:
Area Reclaimed Hectares Clwyd 151 Dyfed 244 Gwent 767 Gwynedd 81 Mid Glamorgan 734 Powys 17 South Glamorgan 102 West Glamorgan 449 Total 2,545
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the distribution of derelict land in Wales in (a) 1974 and (b) the most recent available date, by the following categories: (i) spoil heaps, (ii) excavation and pits, (iii) military and so on dereliction, (iv) derelict railway land, (v) other forms of dereliction and (vi) total.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information is not available in the form requested. A survey of derelict land in Wales was carried out in 1972 and this identified some 14,000 hectares of derelict land of which about 50 per cent. was thought to be attributable to coal mining activities. The latest estimate by the WDA, taking account of land reclaimed and new dereliction, is that the overall amount of dereliction remains broadly the same.