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Commercial And Industrial Properties (Sales)

Volume 33: debated on Monday 6 December 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will now give town by town figures for sales of new town commercial and industrial property.

I have now concluded that the new town disposals programme has reached the point where the levels of past disposals by each new town corporation can be released without jeopardising their negotiating positions. The information is as follows:

£ million
1979–801980–811981–82
Aycliffe3·71·41·0
Basildon8·85·51·1
Bracknell6·015·532·5
Central Lancashire2·30·90·7
Milton Keynes3·37·26·0
Northampton3·09·55·6
Peterborough0·38·69·1
Peterlee0·31·90·4
Redditch3·35·19·1
Skelmersdale0·00·10·5
Telford0·32·73·6
Warrington and Runcorn6·28·83·7
Washington4·00·90·8
Corby0·6**
Harlow0·0**
Stevenage1·3**
Commission for the new towns5·734·759·4
Total49·1102·8133·5

* Included in the figure for the Commission.