HC Deb 16 March 1988 vol 129 c612W
1979 and 1987. Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total amount and value of surplus land owned by each district and regional health authority; and how much land has been disposed of by each district and regional health authority between(a) 1974 and 1979 and (b)

Mrs. Currie

The amount of surplus land held and disposed of by regional health authorities in the years in question is as follows:

Surplus Land Disposed
Region Surplus Land held as at 31 March 1987 1974–75 to 1978–79 1979–80 to 1986–87
acres acres acres
Northern 407 131 262
Yorkshire 978 247 827
Trent 873 231 880
East Anglian 102 36 123
North West Thames 454 50 485
North East Thames 277 66 214
South East Thames 541 362 181
South West Thames 130 107 287
Wessex 75 69 524
Oxford 148 18 408
South Western 645 360 1,125
West Midlands 491 413 543
Mersey 873 39 429
North Western 104 181 602

Figures for district health authorities and the value of surplus land currently held are not kept centrally.