§ 36. Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Agriculture which counties have created any small holdings under the Smallholding and Allotments Act, 1926, with the figures for each county separately?
Mr. GUINNESSAs the reply contains a number of figures, I propose, with the hon. Member's permission, to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSCan the right hon. Gentleman say how many smallholdings in the West Riding of Yorkshire have been set up since 1926?
§ Following is the answer:
1563§ The following Statement shows the number of approved schemes which have been carried out or are likely to be carried out by County Councils under the Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1926:
| County. | Number of Schemes | Area. | Number of Holdings. |
| England. | Acres. | ||
| Berkshire | 3 | 98.844 | 7† |
| Bucks | 1 | 74.881 | 1 |
| Cheshire | 5 | 745.383 | 21 |
| Cornwall | 1 | 23.421 | 1 |
| Derbyshire | 1 | 84 079 | 2 |
| Devon | 6 | 123.149 | 7* |
| Dorset | 1 | .300 | 1† |
| Essex | 2 | 2.587 | 2* |
| Gloucester | 2 | 38.632 | 9† |
| Hereford | 1 | 218.131 | 9 |
| Isle of Wight | 1 | 182.162 | 7 |
| Kent | 1 | 44.794 | 9 |
| Lancashire | 1 | 288.575 | 35* |
| Lines.—Kesteven. | 1 | 139.546 | 3 |
| Middlesex | 1 | .837 | 1† |
| Norfolk | 10 | 762.719 | 43† |
| Salop | 2 | 455.711 | 13 |
| Somerset | 5 | 56.388 | 10† |
| Staffs | 2 | 425.250 | 17 |
| Suffolk, East | 2 | 148.750 | 5* |
| Suffolk, West | 1 | 93.292 | 1 |
| Survey | 3 | 1.197 | 3* |
| Wilts | 3 | 182.181 | 6*† |
| Worcester | 2 | 206.962 | 48 |
| Yorks. E. Riding | 1 | 26.844 | 4 |
| Yorks. W.Riding | 2 | 456.173 | 9 |
| Total | 61 | 4,880.788 | 274 |
| Wales. | |||
| Anglesey | 3 | 119.500 | 6* |
| Carmarthen | 1 | 2.000 | 1† |
| Monmouth | 1 | 326.706 | 8 |
| Pembroke | 1 | .400 | 1* |
| Total | 6 | 448.606 | 16 |
| England and Wales Total. | 67 | 5,329.394 | 290‡ |
| * Includes cottage holdings. | |||
| † Includes additions to existing holdings. | |||
| ‡ Includes 23 cottage holdings and 25 additions to existing holdings and also 18 holdings previously provided on leased land which two Councils (Norfolk and Wilts.) have now purchased or re-hired. |
§ Note.— A few schemes carried out by Councils without the aid of a contribution from the Minister are not included, no detailed particulars of such schemes being available.
§ The statement does not include holdings provided by means of advances by Councils under Section 13 of the Act.