§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the average price paid per acre for farmland taken into public ownership for the building of Craigavon; how much land was taken; how much was subsequently sold back to its original owners; and what was the average price of the land resold to each category of owner as set out in the legislation to deal with such resales.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 14 March 1988]: Some 6,200 acres of land was vested for Craigavon new town in 1966 at an average price per acre of £650. To date 560 acres of the surplus land has been sold to former owners. The average price of land sold to former owners who are still on the land is £1,565 and the average price for land sold to former owners who left the land is £1,765.