§ 92. Sir R. Russellasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will state the number of applications made to him by local authorities or other bodies for confirmation of compulsory purchase orders since the coming into operation of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation 208W Procedure) Act, 1946; the number of these orders confirmed by him and his predecessors; how many have been challenged in the High Court; and with what result.
§ Mr. CorfieldEarly records are incomplete. The number of orders submitted and confirmed in England and Wales between 1955 and 1963 are 4,094 and 3,006 respectively, and between 1946 and 1954, 8,457 orders were confirmed.
Since 1951, legal proceedings were taken in 42 cases. Of these 13 were withdrawn, 10 were successfully challenged, and 19 were upheld in the court.