§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total acreage of land currently in use as statutory allotments; and how this compares with the acreage for each of the preceding five years.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe latest available figures show that on 30th September 1971 there were in county boroughs, boroughs and urban districts in England about 17,300 acres of statutory allotments. The acreages for earlier years were:
1970 17,737 1969 18,015 1968 18,647 1967 19,458 1966 20,225 The corresponding figures for rural districts are available for 1968 only, when the acreage was about 10,600.