§ Mr. Wigginasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing how many agricultural smallholdings are held by each county council or other body in England and Wales; and how many new tenants have been granted agreements in the last three years in each case.
§ Mr. StrangI assume that the hon. Member's Question relates to all statutory smallholdings in England and Wales. The information as at 31st March 1974 is as follows:
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A. STATUTORY SMALLHOLDINGS HELD BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES Number of holdings at 31st March 1974 New tenancies granted from 1st April 1971 to31st March 1974 ENGLAND Bedford 289 20 Berkshire 51 2 Buckingham 110 6 Cambridge and Isle of Ely 1,239 36 Cheshire 298 19 Cornwall 212 11 Cumberland 15 2 Derby 81 6 Devon 236 21 Dorset 117 8 Durham 111 — Essex 147 4 Gloucester 272 1 Hampshire 113 7 Hereford 94 2 Hertford 102 5 Huntingdon and Peterborough 363 9 Isle of Wight 26 1 Kent 130 12 Lancashire 256 9 Leicester 137 9 Lincoln (Holland) 740 17 Lincoln (Kesteven) 126 9 Lincoln (Lindsey) 166 3 London GLC 85 —
Number of holdings at 31st March 1974 New tenancies granted from 1st April 1971 to31st March 1974 Norfolk 782 39 Northampton 57 6 Northumberland 55 3 Nottingham 57 — Oxford 79 4 Rutland — — Salop 236 14 Somerset 371 8 Stafford 236 7 Suffolk, East 52 6 Suffolk, West 160 10 Surrey 162 19 Sussex, East 65 2 Sussex, West 66 5 Warwick 124 11* Westmorland 1 — Wiltshire 208 15 Worcester 335 42 Yorkshire— East Riding 264 16 North Riding 59 2 West Riding 240 16 Birmingham CBC. 51 2 Other County Boroughs 36 2 Total England 9,212 448 *1972–73 and 1973–74 only.
WALES Anglesey 136 13 Brecon 38 — Caernarvon 13 — Cardigan 16 1 Carmarthen 64 10 Denbigh 84 4 Flint 108 11 Glamorgan 107 5 Merioneth 54 1 Monmouth 128 12 Montgomery 234 6 Pembroke 68 10 Radnor 44 5 County Boroughs 13 — Total Wales 1,107 78 Total England and Wales 10,319 526 B. STATUTORY SMAILHOLDINGS HELD BY THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Land Settlement Association 564 106 The Farm Settlements 229 9