§ Mr. JOHN TAYLORasked the President of the Local Government Board how many cases of the compulsory purchase of land for the purpose of housing and town planning have been sanctioned since the passing of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act; the price paid for the land so acquired; and the relation such price bears to the annual value as shown by the rate books or by Government valuation?
§ Mr. BURNSOnly one Order for the compulsory purchase of land for housing purposes has been confirmed by the Board under the First Schedule to the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, namely, the Erpingham Order—Parish of Edgefield. In that case the Arbitrator has awarded £382. The sum is thirty and a half times the gross estimated rental of the property bought. I am not, of course, aware how the sum awarded is arrived at, and whether any sum is included in it for severance or injurious affection.