§ 57. Sir C. CAYZERasked the Minister of Agriculture the estimated number of allotments in England and Wales at the latest available date, indicating the amount of loans sanctioned by the Ministry of Health during the past three years for the purchase and adaptation of land for the purpose of allotments?
Mr. GUINNESSThe estimated number of allotments in England and Wales on the 31st December, 1925, was 1,106,000, with an area of 163,000 acres. The amount of loans sanctioned by the Ministry of Health during the three years 1923–25 for the purchase and adaptation of land for allotments was £228,374.