HC Deb 19 July 1956 vol 556 c101W
Mr. Vane

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how the number of allotments in cultivation this year compares approximately with the numbers in 1938, 1946 and 1951.

Mr. Amory

On 30th September, 1955, the latest date for which there are statistics, there were 925,651 allotments as compared with 1,022,191 in 1951 and 781,652 in 1938. No figures are available for 1946.