asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how much land currently on the register of vacant and derelict public land, belongs to the Ministry of Defence and how much has been sold in each of the last: five years, and if he will make a statement;(2) how much land is currently on the register of vacant and derelict public land belongs to the Department of Transport, and how much has been sold in each of the last five years, and if he will make a statement;(3) how much land currently on the register of vacant and derelict public land belongs to
(a) his Department (b) regional health authorities or (c) district health authorities; and how much has been sold in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement;
(4) how much land currently on the register of vacant and derelict public land, belongs to the Department of the Environment and how much has been sold in each of the last five years, and if he will make a statement.
[pursuant to his reply, 28 January 1987, c. 244]: Following is the information:
| Acres Sold | ||||||
| Acres registered 26 January 1987 | 11981–82 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | |
| Department of Environment | 819 | 111 | 12 | 86 | 36 | 35 |
| Department of Health and Social Security | 513 | 220 | 221 | — | — | 10 |
| Regional Health Authorities | 3,610 | 13 | 94 | 207 | ||
| District Health Authorities | 760 | 8 | 125 | 29 | ||
| Ministry of Defence | 1,030 | 869 | 62 | 367 | 470 | 62 |
| Department of Transport | 275 | — | — | — | 13 | 26 |
| Notes: | ||||||
| 1 Information about sales in the individual years 1981 and 1982 is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost | ||||||
| 2 Sales by these organisations in the years 1981–1983 are not identified separately | ||||||