§ Mr. Fowlerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many public inquiries were held into compulsory purchase orders made by local auth- 80W orities in each of the years from 1960 to 1966, inclusive; in how any of these cases in each year the inspector recommended a variation of the order; and in how many eases he did not act in accordance with the inspector's recommendations.
§ Mr. MacCollRecords are only available of the number of orders dealt with at public local inquiries each year and some of these were joint inquiries at which two or more orders were dealt with. The figures are:—
Year Orders 1960 … … … 956 1961 … … … 829 1962 … … … 919 1963 … … … 925 1964 … … … 1,045 1965 … … … 1,022 1966 … … … 874 Information is not readily available of the number of cases in which the Inspector recommended a variation of the order, nor of the number in which the decision was not in accordance with the Inspector's recommendations. The information could be obtained only at disproportionate expense.