§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will estimate the percentage of the farmed area in the United Kingdom which is in foreign ownership.[15968]
§ Mr. HoonThe Question concerns a specific operational matter on which the Chief Executive of the Land Registry is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the Chief Executive to reply direct.
Letter from Stuart Hill to Mr. Gordon Prentice, dated 20 November 1997
I have been asked by the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, to reply to your recent question on the percentage of the farmed area in the United Kingdom in foreign ownership.I regret that statistics relating to the nationality of registered proprietors are not maintained by the Registry and I am therefore unable to supply the information required.