HC Deb 15 May 1922 vol 154 c43
84. Mr. G. BARNES

asked the Minister of Agriculture the total acreage of land under cultivation as allotments each year or for the past five years?

Sir A. BOSCAWEN

No returns of the area of land under cultivation as allotments were obtained for the year 1917 owing to pressure of War work, nor were any returns obtained last year for reasons of economy. From returns obtained in 1918, 1919 and 1920, which were not in all cases complete returns, the Ministry estimates that the total acreage of land cultivated as allotments in England and Wales at the dates of the returns was approximately as follows:—

Year. Acreage.
1918 195,000
1919 180,000
1920 185,000
These figures may be compared with an estimated area of 130,000 acres under allotments before the War.

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