§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many acres of land have been placed on the register of vacant and derelict public land since its inception in 1981; if he will show in tabular form the ownership and size of parcel of land removed from the register since 1981; what new sites have been added each year; and under whose ownership;
(2) if he will list the parcels of land which have moved (a) on and (b) off the register of vacant and derelict public land in each of the last five years, identifying how much has been removed by disposal in each year; and what percentage of such land belongs to (i) Government, (ii) local government, (iii) nationalised industries, (iv) statutory undertakers or (v) any other category;
(3) if he will list the land on which notices have been served as a result of its being on the register for vacant and derelict public land, and the time interval between service of notice under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1982 and the completion of the sale for each parcel of land on which notices were served;
245W(4) how many staff are currently employed in his Department to manage the register of vacant and derelict public land; and what is the annual cost in each of the last five years;
(5) if he will set out in tabular form the ownership and size of the parcels of public land which have been removed from the register of vacant and derelict public land since the first register was published in 1981, showing how much was realised in each sale and the owner;
(6) how much land currently on the register of vacant and derelict public land belongs to the Ministry of Defence; how much has been sold in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement;
(7) how much land currently on the register of vacant and derelict public land belongs to (a) his Department, (b) regional health authorities or (c) district health authorities; how much has been sold in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement;
(8) how much land currently on the register of vacant and derelict public land belongs to his Departmemt; how much has been sold in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement;
(9) how much land currently on the register of vacant and derelict public land belongs to the Department of Transport; how much has been sold in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenI shall answer these questions shortly.
§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has plans to require all public vacant land irrespective or size of potential future use to be included on the register of vacant and derelict public land.
§ Mr. John PattenThere are no plans to widen generally the present criteria for entering unused and underused land owned by public bodies on the land registers. Nevertheless, my right hon. Friend is prepared to consider entering on the register individual parcels of such land, irrespective of size, drawn to his attention by members of the public.
§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what price was obtained for each parcel of land which has now been sold and which was formerly on the register for vacant and derelict public land; who was the owner; and what percentage of the money realised for each sale was kept by the former owner.
§ Mr. John PattenThis information is not available.