§ Ms WalleyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the remaining land holdings held by British Coal, indicating which are(a) in the process of passing to the Coal Authority and (b) subject to conditional planning consents relating to opencast coal mining. [25511]
§ Mr. BattleBritish Coal retains approximately 30 properties where sales are contracted but not yet completed. In addition it holds leasehold interests in 14 office properties and approximately 200 recreational sites which are due to transfer to the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation shortly.
It is not intended to transfer any of these properties to the Coal Authority and none are subject to conditional planning consents to opencast coal mining.
A full list detailing all the properties will be available in the HoC library.