§ Mr. IrvineTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has any proposals to increase the rate at which land in public ownership currently on the land register is being disposed of.
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UDC and designation date Estimated total number of permanent jobs in area Estimated total1 number of construction jobs 1988–89 At designation At March 1989 London Docklands—July 1981 225,200 48,000 25,000 Merseyside: original area—March 1981 1,500 2,900 1,110 Black Country—May 1987 70,500 75,100 n.a. Teesside—May 1987 9,500 10,900 366 Trafford Park—February 1987 24,500 26,000 3736 Tyne and Wear—May 1987 40,200 41,500 3249 1 Pre designation figures are only available for LDDC. 2 LDDC figures: —the permanent job figures are not directly comparable. 1981 data was derived from the Census of Employment which included only jobs with a pay point in the UDA. The 1989 data includes all jobs in the UDA. —the construction job figures are similarly not comparable. The 1981 Census gave a total of 1,964 construction jobs with a pay point in the UDA. 3Information is only available in terms of man-years, not actual numbers of jobs.
§ Mr. MoynihanThe new codes of practice requiring owners to publish their own registers of unused and underused land place the responsibility clearly on them to ensure that such land is brought into use. Members of the public can use our PROD (Public Request to Order Disposal') scheme to bring to my right hon. Friend's attention cases where the use of his powers to require disposal might be appropriate; these powers have been used in relation to 81 sites since 1984. Overall half the land entered on the register since 1981 has subsequently been removed.