HC Deb 01 March 1912 vol 34 cc1794-7W
Viscount HELMSLEY

asked the President of the Board of Agriculture if he will give the total amount of land bought by county councils for the purposes of the Small Holdings Acts, specifying the amount of land bought by each county

County. Area Purchased. Area Leased. Total Area. No. of Small Holders in Possession.
ENGLAND. A. r. p. A. r. p. A. r. p.
Bedford. … 1,632 1 20 1,232 3 27 2,865 1 7 297
Berks … 1,704 3 14 551 0 14 2,255 3 28 66
Buckingham … 727 1 31 2,387 0 23 3,114 2 14 128
Cambridge … 4,399 2 23 1,630 2 8 6,030 0 31 609
Isle of Ely … 2,498 3 26 535 3 9 3,025 2 35 553
Chester … 2,836 0 7 441 1 31 3,277 1 38 95
Cornwall … 2,631 0 22 175 2 24 2,806 3 6 106
Cumberland … 85 3 38 278 0 0 363 3 38 22
Derby … 601 3 0 0 1 15 602 0 15 9
Devon … 3,690 1 4 953 3 23 4,644 0 27 217
Dorset … 172 3 9 1,574 0 0 1,746 3 9 49
Durham … 134 3 30 1,323 2 20 1,458 2 10 60
Essex … 1,249 2 23 551 2 19 1,801 1 2 119
Gloucester … 1,681 0 38 524 1 13 2,205 2 11 177
Hants … 262 3 8 1,069 3 4 1,332 2 12 103
Isle of Wight … 506 0 2 360 1 32 866 1 34 53
Hereford … 1,236 3 29 316 3 1 1,553 2 30 75
Hertford … 857 3 28 1,237 2 28 2,095 2 16 117
Huntingdon … 3,006 3 2 264 3 32 3,271 2 34 303
Kent … 785 1 9 914 1 12 1,699 2 21 102
Lancaster … 89 3 6 363 2 8 453 1 14 59
Leicester … 2,205 1 19 287 3 30 2,493 1 9 80
Lincoln, Parts of Holland … 1,976 1 11 1,376 0 32 3,352 2 3 139
Lincoln, Parts of Kesteven … 2,551 3 23 908 3 5 3,460 2 28 161
Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey … 1,997 3 5 518 2 12 2,516 1 17 127
London … — — — —
Middlesex … 19 1 18 95 1 33 114 3 11 11
Monmonth … 2,587 3 21 442 2 16 3,030 1 37 58
Norfolk … 4,859 3 32 3,411 0 28 8,271 0 20 711
Northampton … 575 1 26 1,568 2 21 2,144 2 7 91
Soke of Peterborough … 452 3 29 29 2 15 482 2 4 17
Northumberland … 2,282 0 0 911 0 0 3,193 0 0 61
Notts … 265 3 27 525 0 33 791 0 20 49
Oxford … 423 0 25 2,059 2 22 2,482 3 7 163
Rutland … — 296 0 39 296 0 39 28
Salop … 1,094 1 34 528 2 9 1,623 0 3 76
Somerset … 4,088 1 4 1,762 1 17 5,850 2 21 348
Stafford … 1,169 2 0 739 1 0 1,908 3 0 48
Suffolk, East … 610 1 10 208 1 11 818 2 21 53
Suffolk, West … 1,223 3 28 334 2 26 1,558 2 14 175
Surrey … 941 1 3 84 1 31 1,025 2 34 55
Sussex, East … — 300 3 22 300 3 22 22
Sussex, West … — 49 0 8 49 0 8 7
Warwick … 1,130 3 9 399 2 32 1,530 2 1 80
Westmorland … — 79 3 9 79 3 9 8
Wilts … 1,218 0 10 1,706 0 18 2,924 0 28 151
Worcester … 921 3 30 1,042 1 13 1,964 1 3 365
York, East Riding … 1,152 3 12 1,146 1 38 2,299 1 10 84
York North Riding … 548 0 27 238 1 27 786 2 14 9
York, West Riding … 2,660 3 6 452 1 31 3,113 0 37 36
Isles of Scilly … — — — —
Total … 67,741 3 18 38,191 3 1 105,933 2 19 6,532

and the number of small holders in each county settled on such land?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

The following Table supplies the information available up to the 31st December, 1911. I am not in a position to state separately the number of small holders on the land acquired by purchase:—

County. Area Purchased. Area Leased. Total Area. No. of Small Holders in Possession.
WALES. A. r. p. A. r. p. A. r. p.
Anglesey … 365 0 31 285 2 35 650 3 26 17
Brecon … — 220 3 0 220 3 0 12
Cardigan … 160 0 0 2,986 2 5 3,146 2 5 41
Carmarthen … — 433 3 10 433 3 10 27
Carnarvon … 2,263 0 0 47 0 0 2,310 0 0 37
Denbigh … 1,756 2 0 1,208 1 0 2,964 3 0 70
Flint … 652 1 14 75 0 38 727 2 12 20
Glamorgan … 660 1 34 1,431 0 27 2,091 2 21 26
Merioneth … 1,331 3 27 359 1 28 1,691 1 15 19
Montgomery … 2,357 2 24 2 0 0 2,359 2 24 63
Pembroke … 1,537 3 17 59 3 9 1,597 2 26 46
Radnor … 44 0 9 330 0 0 374 0 9 19
Total … 11,128 3 36 7,439 2 32 18,568 2 28 397
Total—England and Wales … 78,870 3 14 45,631 1 33 124,502 1 7 6,929*
* In addition, 732 tenants of 39 Associations occupy land acquired by County Councils.