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Mr. Steen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount of derelict land grant made available by his Department in each of the last five years; and how many acres have been brought into use as a result for (a) housing, (b) industry, (c) recreation and (d) public buildings.
Mr. Yeo
[holding answer 11 March 1992]: The information requested is as follows. Statistics are not held on land brought back into use for public buildings.
| 1. Derelict Land Grant paid 1986–87 to 1990–91. | |
| £ million | |
| 1986–87 | 68.359 |
| 1987–88 | 75.295 |
| 1988–89 | 67.126 |
| 1989–90 | 90.804 |
| 1990–91 | 71.300 |
| 2. Land reclaimed for housing, industry and sport and recreation 1986–87 to 1990–91 (acres) | |||
| Residential | Industry | Recreation/Public Open Space | |
| 1986–87 | 131 | 595 | 1,161 |
| 1987–88 | 124 | 615 | 1,635 |
| 1988–89 | 185 | 1,077 | 1,228 |
| 1989–90 | 104 | 842 | 1,252 |
| 1990–91 | 22 | 316 | 1,005 |