HC Deb 28 July 1938 vol 338 c3337W
Mr. Kelly

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will provide a list of the compulsory acquisitions of land made by his Department during the years 1934, 1935, 1936, and 1937, together with the area concerned and the price paid in each instance and, whenever possible, the rateable value before acquisition?

Mr. Hore Belisha

The following table gives the desired information except that I have no information regarding the rateable value of the land:

Year. Place. Acreage. Price paid.
£
1934–35 Nil
1935–36 Nil
1936–37 Bouldnor 165 625
1937–38 Bridgend 1 468
I937–38 Chorley 56 7,305
1937–38 Bishopton 115 6,986
1937–38 Chesterfield 1,865