To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of levels of brownfield development in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. (244901)

Information on development on previously-developed or brownfield land is taken from the Land Use Change Statistics, which is only available for England.

In the period 2003-06:

(a) 58 per cent. of the land changing to a developed use in England was previously-developed;

(b) 60 per cent. of the land changing to a developed use in the North East was previously-developed;

(c) 65 per cent. of the land changing to a developed use in the Tees Valley was previously-developed;

(d) 60 per cent. of the land changing to a developed use in the Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland constituency was previously-developed.

Tees Valley is defined as the Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington local authorities.

“Brown field development” has been interpreted as all development on previously-developed land, not just residential development. Information on residential development can be found on the CLG website at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuilding/planningbuilding/planningstatistics/livetables/landusechange/