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Mr. Chapman
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the approximate area of each designated and confirmed green belt area in England.
Mr. Macfarlane
The latest available information was supplied to the Select Committee on the Environment for its report on "Green Belt and Land for Housing". The broad areas of green belt approved in structure plans are as follows:
| Acres (approximate) | |
| Metropolitan Green Belt | 1,200,000 |
| Burton-Swadlincote Green Belt | 2,000 |
| West Midlands Green Belt | 650,000 |
| Local authority capital expenditure against DOE/LA1: England | |||||
| £m | |||||
| Gross capital expenditure* | Capital Receipts | Net capital expenditure | Net captital provision | Capital allocations | |
| 1981–82 | |||||
| Education | 423 | 38 | 385 | 364 | 355 |
| Personal social services | 96 | 28 | 68 | 92 | 89 |
| Housing | 1,901 | 965 | 936 | 1,396 | 1,796 |
| Transport | 614 | 57 | 557 | 631 | 615 |
| Other services† | 894 | 312 | 582 | 656 | 639 |
| Total DOE/LA1 | 3,927 | 1,400 | 2,527 | 3,139 | 3,494 |
| 1982–83 | |||||
| Education | 428 | 48 | 380 | 309 | 338 |
| Personal social services | 95 | 31 | 64 | 102 | 103 |
| Housing | 2,388 | 1,738 | 650 | 1,489 | 2,179 |
| Transport | 662 | 54 | 608 | 720 | 685 |
| Other services† | 1,177 | 364 | 813 | 765 | 967 |
| Total DOE/LA1 | 4,750 | 2,235 | 2,515 | 3,385 | 4,272 |
| 1983–84 | |||||
| Education | 445 | 47 | 398 | 285 | 295 |
| Personal social services | 101 | 35 | 66 | 108 | 109 |
| Housing | 3,087 | 1,727 | 1,360 | 1,192 | 2,223 |
| Transport | 753 | 42 | 711 | 766 | 742 |
| Other services | 1,161 | 393 | 768 | 585 | 706 |
| Total DOE/LA1 | 5,547 | 2,244 | 3,303 | 2,935 | 4,075 |
| 1984–85‡ | 1985–86‡≑ | |||
| Net capital provision | Capital allocations | Net capital provision | Capital allocations | |
| Education | 275 | 301 | 256 | 315 |
| Personal social services | 108 | 116 | 71 | 70 |
Acres (approximate)
| |
| Greater Manchester, Central Lancashire, Merseyside/Wirral Green Belts | 750,000 |
| Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Green Belts | 200,000 |
| Nottinghamshire/Derby Green Belt | 200,000 |
| York Green Belt | 50,000 |
| South and West Yorkshire Green Belt | 800,000 |
| Oxford Green Belt | 100,000 |
| Gloucester/Cheltenham Green Belt | 20,000 |
| Stoke on Trent Green Belt | 125,000 |
| Cambridge Green Belt | 26,550 |
| South West Hampshire/South East Dorset Green Belt | 220,000 |
Since the Committee reported, an alteration to Hertfordshire structure plan has been approved including a small extension to green belt to the east of Luton. The structure plan for Avon, which includes a proposal for a green belt of approximately 150,000 acres, is still being considered.