HC Deb 06 November 1991 vol 198 cc119-20W
1990. Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the hectarage, number of holdings and numbers of tenants of holdings of agricultural land owned by (a) his Department and (b) British Rail in each county or region in the United Kingdom in (a) 1980 and (b)

Mr. McLoughlin

The information is not held in the format mentioned by the hon. Member and records of the 1980 holdings would not exist. The latest information on the Department's holdings is shown in our Register of Unused and Underused Land for 1990–91 in the Library. Details of individual tenancies are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The Department does not hold information on agricultural land owned by British Rail and the hon. Member is advised to contact the British Rail Property Board for this information.