asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the current estimated acreage of land with planning permission for house building in each of the regions in England and Wales.

I would refer the hon. member to the answer given to my hon. Friends the members for Salford, East (Mr. Allaun) and Gravesend (Mr. Oven-den) on 13th November 1974.—[Vol. 881, c. 129–130.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the current estimated acreage of development land for house building identified in development plans by local planning authorities in each of the regions in England and Wales;(2) what was the total acreage of land in England and Wales identified as being available for house building on development plans between 1969 and 1974.

Since development plans arc prepared by local planning authorities for different time periods and take account of differing local needs, no meaningful estimates of this sort can be made.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total acreage of land in England and Wales granted planning permission for house building in each of the years 1969 to 1974; and what was the acreage and percentage of the total which was granted permission on appeal;

	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973
Number of permissions	92,356	95,647	108,584	154,336	146,983
Number of additional permissions granted on appeal	797	690	507	642	1,344

For future years the details asked for will start to become available after September as a result of the data collection arrangements the Government have set in hand under Circular 32/75.* No figures are yet available for 1974.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total acreage of land with planning permission for house building which was sold in England and Wales in each of the years 1969 to 1974.

Land acreage with planning permission for housing sold in private sector transactions involving four or more house plots was as follows:

Number of Acres Sold
1969	8,786
1970	7,679
1971	10,033
1972	17,669
1973	18,199
1974	6,660