HC Deb 22 March 1989 vol 149 cc634-5W
41. Sir Gerard Vaughan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of sites, and their area, on land registers for each of the bodies listed in schedule 16 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, as amended.

Mr. Trippier

The information requested has been placed in the Library of the House today.

47. Mr. Lawrence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many requests he has received to include specific vacant sites of under one acre to he listed on land registers under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.

104. Sir Charles Morrison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many requests he has received to include specific vacant sites of under one acre to be listed on the land registers.

Mr. Trippier

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave today to my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Drake (Dame J. Fookes).

84. Sir Hal Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how long it will take for the land currently on the land registers to be removed therefrom.

Mr. Trippier

Land is removed from the land registers either when it is brought into use, or sold, or where part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 ceases to apply to the owning body. The large number of separate public bodies whose unused or underused land is entered on the registers and the variety of circumstances related to each site make any prediction as to the time taken for the land currently on the register to be removed meaningless. At the end of February 1989 there were 84,400 acres of land on the registers: in 1986 10,200 acres of land were removed; in 1987 15,460 acres and in 1988 10,940.

85. Mr. Knapman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether all vacant, unused and underused land held by Government Departments is now included on the land registers.

87. Mr. Raffan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether all vacant, unused and underused land held by Government Departments is now included on land registers under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.

Mr. Trippier

From the time the first land registers were compiled, Departments have provided details of land that meets the criteria for entry on the registers of unused and underused publicly-owned land maintained by my right hon. Friend under part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. Generally, sites less than one acre in area are not entered on this register.

52. Mr. Heddle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of sites, and their area, on land registers under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 owned by each Government Department.

57. Mr. Bevan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many sites, and of what area, on land registers are owned by each Government Department.

72. Mr. Dunn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many sites, and of what area, on the land registers are owned by each Government Department.

Mr. Trippier

The information is set out in the table which shows the position on 28 February 1989.

Department Number of sites Total area (acres)
Department of health 230 4,605
Department of the Environment 35 1,005
Ministry of Defence 39 699
Department of Transport 40 382
Department of Energy 12 140
Home Office 3 5