§ Mr. DevlinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many acres of publicly-owned land in the northern region have been sold since 1980; and how many are still held.
§ Mr. ChopeThe information requested is not held centrally. The Department's land register for public bodies covered by part X of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 records unused and underused land. At 30 September the register shows that in the northern region pubic bodies had disposed of 4,700 acres of such land since 1980; 10,100 acres remained on the register.