§ 72. Mr. Dyeasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many separate smallholdings are provided by the statutory smallholdings authorities in England and Wales, at the latest available date; and how these figures compare with 1951.
§ Mr. GodberThe number of smallholdings provided by county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales on 31st March, 1957, was 17,529, of which 9,521 were full-time and 8,008 part-time. The corresponding figures for 31st March, 1951, were 19,005, 9,532 and 9,473. The number of full-time holdings of the standard envisaged in Part IV of the 1947 Act has risen from 5,056 in 1951 to 7,847 in 1957.