§ Mr. Sedgemoreasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, in each of the last five years and to the nearest convenient date in the current year, how many compulsory purchase orders under Part III of the Housing Act 1957 have been (1) confirmed without modification, (2) confirmed with modification, (3) refused in agreement with inspectors' recommendations, and (4) refused in dissension from inspectors' recommendations; what was the addition to the new housing stock resulting from the approval of these orders in each year; and what was the loss to the new housing stock resulting from the refusal of orders in each year.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe numbers of such orders (1) confirmed without modification, (2) confirmed with modification, not necessarily involving exclusion of land from the order, and (3) refused confirmation for any reason, are as shown below. The remaining information is not available.
Year (1) (2) (3) 1971 541 227 16 1972 551 269 19 1973 542 246 17 1974 445 228 14 1975 259 164 16 1976 (to end February) 48 15 1