§ 63. Mr. Morrisasked 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. GodberAt 31st March, 1959, there were 6,780 applicants for local authority smallholdings in England, and 966 in Wales. The number of tenancies
92Wthe number of boys and girls, respectively, unemployed in each of the major regions, and the number of vacancies in each case.
§ Mr. P. ThomasThe 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