To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of non-flood plain land in the Tamworth borough council area is green space. (303177)

69 per cent. of non-flood plain land is deemed to be green space in the borough of Tamworth. This information has been obtained from Tamworth borough council as Government do not maintain a comprehensive record of information on green spaces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much and what proportion of land area in Tamworth borough was green space in 2004. (303178)

Unfortunately we are unable to identify a comparison figure for 2004 for green space. However, Tamworth borough can not recall any significant losses of the green space network if any at all since 2004. Therefore the figure shown in the Tamworth borough local plan 2001-2011 adopted on 6 July 2006 is the best approximation of green space land, being 1,189 hectares (2,940 acres) which is 38 per cent. of the total area of Tamworth borough.