§ Sir G. Foxasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can give statistics showing how many small holdings and the total acreage, respectively, in Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and Oxfordshire have fallen out of cultivation and have become derelict during the past three years?
§ Mr. W. S. Morrison:Statistics are not available to show the number of small
County Changes in the number of holdings of 50 acres or less. 1934–5. 1935–6. 1936–7. Cambridge … … … -77 -63 -57 Huntingdon … … … -11 -71 -45 Oxford … … … -23 -63 -32 Total … … … -111 -197 -134
Changes in Total cultivated area and in Rough Grazing land. County. Total cultivated area (arable land plus permanent grass). Rough Grazings. 1934–5 1935–6. 1936–7. 1934–5 1935–6. 1936–7. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Cambridge … … -1,321 -150 -1,209 +572 +436 +307 Huntingdon … … +1,168 -1,273 -315 -617 +33 +12 Oxford … … +198 -92 -2,734 -4 -182 +55 Total … … +45 -1,515 -4,258 -49 +287 +374