Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of land in the Lake District National Park is in the ownership of (1) the National Trust, (2) the Lake District National Park Authority, and (3) private owners.

We do not hold this information. However, the following indicative figures have been provided by the Lake District National Park Authority from its 2008 Landscape Character Assessment:

1) National Trust own approximately 25 per cent of the total land area of the Lake District National Park.

2) The Lake District National Park Authority own approximately 3.8 per cent of the total land area.

3) Approximately 66 per cent of the total land area is in private ownership.