§ Mr. WEDGWOODasked the Secretary to the Board of Agriculture how many applicants for small holdings or allotments there have been in Staffordshire, how many have been approved as suitable, how many have yet got land, and how many acres have been purchased by the county council or leased by the same, and at what prices per acre?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir E. Strachey)Three hundred and fifty-seven applications have been made for small holdings in Staffordshire, but of these 224 have either been with-drawn or were not approved. Of the [...]33 approved applicants, 88 have been provided with land. The council have purchased 304 acres at an average price of £39 per acre and have leased 504 acres at [...]n average rent of 30s. per acre. As regards allotments, the latest information in our possession shows that in 1908 there were 199 applicants, and that of these 120 have been provided with land. Similar figures for 1909 will be published in our Annual Report for that year.