HC Deb 22 March 1989 vol 149 c629W
22. Mr. Steen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many directives he has made to owners of land on the land register under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 to dispose of their holdings; and, of these, how many have been disposed of.

31. Mr. Nicholas Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many directives he has made to owners of land on the land register to dispose of their holdings; and, of these, how many have been disposed of.

40. Mr. Gregory

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many directives he has made to owners of land on the land register to dispose of their holdings; and, of these, how many have been disposed of.

Mr. Trippier

The power to direct disposal of land entered on the land register can only be exercised site by site. By the end of February 1989 I had directed the owners of 77 sites to take steps to dispose of their interest in the Land. To date 42 of the sites have been sold.