HC Deb 28 March 1960 vol 620 cc91-2W
63. Mr. Morris

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many applicants there are for local authority smallholdings in England, and in each county of Wales; how many tenancies were granted in England and Wales, respectively, in the latest available year; and how many holdings were newly acquired in a similar period.

Mr. Godber

At 31st March, 1959, there were 6,780 applicants for local authority smallholdings in England, and 966 in Wales. The number of tenancies

the number of boys and girls, respectively, unemployed in each of the major regions, and the number of vacancies in each case.

Mr. P. Thomas

The following table gives provisional figures of the numbers unemployed on 14th March and the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled on March 9th.

granted during the financial year 1958–59 was 483 in England and 60 in Wales. Five holdings were newly acquired during the same period, all in England. The figures for the individual counties in Wales are as follows:

County Number of Applicants
Anglesey 137
Brecon 17
Caernarvon 6
Cardigan 40
Carmarthen 45
Denbigh 76
Flint 78
Glamorgan 112
Merioneth 59
Monmouth 120
Montgomery 153
Pembroke 78
Radnor 41
County Boroughs 4
Total 966