Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what geographical area was covered by the land use categories cited in the National Accounts (a) land underlying buildings and structure, (b) land underlying dwellings, (c) land underlying buildings and other structures, (d) land underlying cultivated biological resources, (e) agricultural land, (f) forestry land, (g) surface water used for aquaculture, (h) recreational land and (i) other land not elsewhere classified in each year from 1995 to 2016.

The national accounts are produced by the Office for National Statistics details of definitions and coverage used in the production of national accounts should be requested from them directly at capstocks@ons.gov.uk.

The Ministry of Housing Communities and Government produces Land Use Change statistics. These statistics are used to show the amounts and location of land changing use in England, they are not produced as part of the national accounts. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/land-use-change-statistics