Question reference: S5W-16318
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 2 May 2018 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 May 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many hectares and (b) what percentage of (i) privately- and (ii) publicly-owned land has been registered on the land register in each year since April 2014.
Answer
This is a question for the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland. She advises me that that the total number of additional hectares registered in each year since April 2014 is as follows:
2014-15: 58,456
2015-16: 120,115
2016-17: 94,491
2017-18: 137,514
Applicants for registration are not required to provide information on whether the land in question is public or private sector and therefore information is not held on the percentage of public and private sector land respectively that has been registered since April 2014.