Ministry Land (Hansard, 27 November 1992)

§ Dr. David Clark
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the land that his Department has bought, giving the name in each county of England, Scotland and Wales of the site, the number of hectares, and for how much the land was bought, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

§ Dr. David Clark
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the future requirements of his Ministry of land required for military training; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
We continually assess our requirement for training land to ensure that we retain only that which is essential to meet our operational and training requirements.

§ Dr. David Clark
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many copies of his leaflet "Walks on Ministry of Defence Lands" have been published; at what cost; how they have been distributed to the public; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
Since its launch on 21 May 1992, just over 155,000 copies of the leaflet "Walks on Ministry of Defence Lands" have been published at a total cost of £28,500, or 18p each.
Copies have been distributed to tourist information centres throughout the United Kingdom, public libraries, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Youth Hostels Association, national parks, tourist information offices, the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, the National Council of YMCAs, the National Trust, the Royal Society for Nature Conservation, the Countryside Council, the Countryside Council for Wales, English Nature and the Ramblers Association. A further 48,000 copies of the leaflet were distributed with the August edition of the magazine "Country Walking". Copies were also distributed by the "Defence Into the 90s" exhibition tour and the Ministry of Defence stand "Defending the Environment" at the Royal show in Stoneleigh.
In addition, 8,000 leaflets have been despatched in response to specific requests. Finally, copies of the leaflet have been placed in the Library of the House.