§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 3 February, Official Report,
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Location 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 May Torness East Lothian 0.10* 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.10 — DOUNREAY Caithness 0.15 0.25 — 0.25 0.20 — HUNTERSTON Cunninghame 0.16 0.27 0.25 0.25 — — column 54, if the joint exercise between his Department and local authorities on cataloguing derelict land in Scotland will include a separate calculation of the amount of derelict land attributable to coal mining activities; when the exercise will be completed; and when he expects to publish figures.
§ Mr. AncramAs I explained in answer to the previous question to which the hon. Member has referred, the purpose of the joint exercise which the Scottish Development Department has been conducting with local authorities is to assess what information is available on vacant, derelict and underused land. It is now clear that the information held by local authorities is not comprehensive nor consistently calculated, and accordingly the Scottish Development Agency, in conjunction with the Scottish Development Department, has recently commissioned consultants to consider preparing, and testing, a methodology for use by local authorities generally, in conjunction with the agency, for the collection, analysis and updating of data on the extent of vacant, derelict and underused land in their areas. The consultancy will be completed later this year, but at this stage it is not possible to indicate when any revised system of recording vacant, derelict and underused land might be implemented or what detailed information such a system might provide.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what total acreage of reclaimed derelict land in Scotland in 1975, and for each subsequent year to 1985, has been attributable to coal mining activities;
(2) how much derelict land has been reclaimed by regional area in Scotland for each year from 1975 to 1985; how much funding was available for each year; and if arty year was underspent.
§ Mr. Allan StewartI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon a possible.