To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing for each urban development corporation in 1989–90 the number of sites sold to private developers which were (a) smaller than an acre, (b) between 1 and 5 acres in size, (c) between 5 and 10 acres in size and (d) larger than 10 acres.

The table gives the information requested.

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