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Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of appeals for opencast sites his Department has granted since 1980 to British Coal and private companies, the names of the companies, and the location of the sites.
Mr. Yeo
The information requested is available only in respect of decisions issued since 1 April 1987. The Department's records show that the number of planning appeals granted for opencast sites in each financial year were as follows:
| Planning Authority | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 11991 |
| Barnsley | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Bolton | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Derbyshire | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
| County Durham | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Gateshead | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Huntingdon | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Lancashire | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Leeds | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Norfolk | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| North Tyneside | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Northumberland | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Staffordshire | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Wakefield | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Total | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| 1 1 April 1991–30 November 1991 | |||||