§ 52. Mr. EDEasked the Minister of Agriculture how many persons have been accepted as tenants of small holdings by county councils since 1st January, 1919; and how many are now in possession of their holdings?
§ Mr. N. BUXTONThe total number of applicants settled on small holdings or cottage holdings by the councils of counties and county boroughs in England and Wales between the 1st January, 1919, and the 31st March, 1926, was 24,319, of whom 18,915 were still in possession of their holdings at 31st March, 1926. Since the passing of the Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1926, a further 2,274 applicants had been settled up to the 31st December, 1928, the latest date for which figures are available. At that date, the total number of tenants in possession of council holdings was 27,662, but these include the tenants of pre-War holdings, and it is not possible to say how many of them were men settled subsequent to the 1st January, 1919.