§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what figures he has for the amount of derelict land in England; and what studies he has made into the cost of reclaiming it.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe 1988 survey of derelict land in England recorded 40,500 hectares of derelict land as at 1 April 1988.
Ove Arup consultants are currently researching the cost effectiveness of a sample of hard end use derelict land grant schemes for the Department.
The cost effectiveness of derelict land grant schemes intended for environmental/recreational end uses has already been studied and is reported in the 1989 HMSO publication "Cost Effective Management of Reclaimed Derelict Sites".