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Mr. Wray
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which cities have green belts; how large they were in 1997; what area they cover now; and what plans he has to enlarge green belt land. [115154]
Mr. McNulty
In 1997, the area covered by the 14 green belts in England was:
Hectares | |
Tyne and Wear | 53,000 |
York | 35,400 |
South and West Yorkshire | 251,300 |
North West | 249,500 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 44,100 |
Nottingham and Derby | 62,000 |
Burton and Swadlincote | 700 |
West Midlands | 229,800 |
Cambridge | 26,700 |
Gloucester and Cheltenham | 7,000 |
Oxford | 35,000 |
London | 514,300 |
Avon | 68,400 |
SW Hampshire and SE Dorset | 82,300 |
Total | 1,649,500 |