§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the right hon. Member for Selby, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will last for each diocese covering the three counties of Yorkshire, how much land has been sold in each of the latest four available years; and how much was raised by the sales.
§ Mr. AlisonThe three counties of Yorkshire include all or a large part of the dioceses of Bradford, Ripon, Sheffield, Wakefield and York and very small parts of the dioceses of Derby, Durham and Southwell.
In the last four years the Commissioners have sold the following land, all in North Yorkshire and the dioceses of Ripon and York:
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Year Acreage Net sale proceeds £000's 1987 167 460 1988 460 736 1989 217 1,036 1990 55 400 Over the same period the dioceses of Bradford, Ripon, Sheffield, Wakefield and York have sold the following amounts of diocesan glebe:
Year Acreage Sale proceeds £000's 1987 29 501 1988 34 352 1989 21 266 1990 3 176 These figures may include some diocesan glebe outside the three counties of Yorkshire.