Mr. F. HALLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport the basis on which compensation is 2378W awarded to allotment holders who are dispossessed of their allotments by his Department?
§ Colonel ASHLEYThe basis on which compensation is awarded to allotment holders is that provided by Section 121 of the Lands Clauses (Consolidation) Act, 1845, and covers all loss or damage sustained by them as the direct result of dispossession.
§ Mr. BROADasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport the total number of allotment holders dispossessed from land required by his Department; the total amount of compensation paid to evicted allotment holders; the total number of cases in which allotment holders have been dispossessed and no payment of compensation has yet been made; whether allotment holders are dispossessed by his Department irrespective of any agreement they may have as regards tenancy of their land; and whether it is the practice of his Department, in assessing compensation to allotment holders evicted in an emergency, to take into account the interest of allotment holders in their land in accordance with their agreements?
§ Colonel ASHLEYThe total number of allotment holders who have been dispossessed from land required in the execution of road works promoted for the relief of unemployment is 500, and the total amount of compensation paid to date is £l,423 19s. 5d. There are 43 claims not yet settled. The answers to the last two parts of the question are in the affirmative.