§ Mr. Berryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions in each of the past five years public inquiries have been held in London following an appeal against the local council's decision not to allow industrial machining to be carried on in residential premises; on how many occasions the inquiry resulted in permission being granted by the inspector; and on how many occasions the Secretary of State reversed this decision.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettStatistics are not kept of inquiries into particular kinds of 205W activities but in the five year period I have been able to identify 52 inquiries into appeals in Greater London relating to the use of residential premises for clothing outworking. In 32 of these cases planning permission was granted subject to conditions, on five occasions by inspectors to whom the appeals had been transferred for decision. Where the decision was given by the Secretary of State, it followed the inspector's recommendation in all but one instance.