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Mr. Nicholas Winterton
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many applications for consent to the disposal of statutory allotment land received by the Government in 1979 were granted; and what acreage was involved in each case.
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Mr. Monro
43 consents were granted in 1979 involving about 81 acres of land The acreage involved in each case is as follows:
1. Eastern Region |
Silso, Beds |
0.200 |
Harpenden |
1.100 |
Aylesbury |
0.019 |
High Wycombe |
0.371 |
Cambridge |
3.770 |
Oxford |
0.009 |
Watford |
0.016 |
|
5.485 |
2. East Midlands Region |
Wellingham |
0.072 |
Peterborough |
0.405 |
Lincoln |
37.910 |
Leicester |
3.700 |
Leicester |
2.500 |
|
44.587 |
3. London |
Barking |
0.240 |
Barnet |
0.380 |
Barnet |
0.570 |
Lewisham |
0.005 |
Redbridge |
7.250 |
|
8.445 |
4. Northern Region |
Durham |
0.250 |
|
0.250 |
5. North Western Region |
Burnley |
0.195 |
Crewe |
1.240 |
Crewe |
0.021 |
|
1.456 |
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6. South Eastern Region |
Ashford |
1.250 |
Chichester |
0.017 |
Cobham |
0.330 |
Deal |
0.020 |
Dorking |
2.000 |
Lymington |
0.700 |
Reading |
0.204 |
Sutton Valance |
0.918 |
Worthing |
0.057 |
|
5.496 |
7. South Western Region |
Axminster (area unknown—removal of hedge) |
Bristol |
0.013 |
Bristol |
0.069 |
Rockbeare |
0.230 |
South Molton |
0.250 |
|
0.562 |
8. West Midlands |
Birmingham |
2.181 |
Brimingham |
3.500 |
Birmingham |
0.069 |
Burton-on-Trent |
0.500 |
Lichfield |
0.400 |
|
6.650 |
9. Yorks and Humberside |
Doncaster |
4.012 |
Scunthorpe |
1.544 |
Wakefield |
3.750 |
|
9.306 |
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Mr. Nicholas Winterton
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will institute the collection of statistics in respect of waiting lists for allotments.