§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, for each county council in England for which objections to a revised draft definitive map of public rights of way are being considered by his Department (a) the date of review, as specified in section 33(1) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, (b) the total number of objections made to the draft revised map, (c) the number of objections for which inquiries have been held, (d) the numbers of objections for which decisions have been issued, and (e) the number of objections likely to be heard at inquiries during 1980.
§ Mr. MonroThe information is contained in the attached table.
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country (a) Date of review (b) Total number of objections mode* (c) Number of objections for which inquiries have been held (d) Number of objections for which decisions have been issued (e) Number of objections likely to be heard at inquiries in1980 Cleveland 31 December 1976 31 Nil Nil 28 Cumbria 1 January 1976 312 5 Nil 297 Durham 1 November 1979 — Nil Nil Nil (Objection period not yet expired) North Yorkshire (former East Riding) 30 July 1971 74 33 33 Nil Humberside (former East Riding) 30 July 1971 271 95 93 1 West Yorkshire 1 October 1979 — Nil Nil Nil (Objection period not yet expired) Northamptonshire 1 November 1968 42 Nil Nil Nil Nottinghamshire 18 August 1975 26 Nil Nil Nil Herefordshire 29 January 1972 270 63 Nil Nil Staffordshire 30 September 1969 1,332 258 122 Nil Warwickshire 10 June 1977 1,500 Nil Nil Nil Cornwall 23 February 1971 275 Nil Nil 50–100 Dorset 1 January 1974 2,596 286 Nil 100–150 Somerset 17 November 1975 3,858 Nil Nil Nil Wiltshire 31 May 1972 1,800 560 309 100–150 Essex 1 January 1971 413 46 Nil Nil Oxfordshire 1 November 1977 440 Nil Nil Nil Cambridgeshire (former County area) 1 February 1972 200 Nil Nil Nil Berkshire 1 August 1976 1,800 Nil Nil Nil Buckinghamshire 30 June 1978 — Nil Nil Nil (objection period not yet expired) East Sussex 25 January 1971 320 Nil Nil Nil Kent 1 October 1970 1,320 110 110 Nil London Boroughs Harrow 31 December 1974 1 1 1 Nil Bromley 1 May 1976 11 9 Nil Nil Redbridge 1 January 1979 2 Nil Nil 2 * These figures include objections which have been or may be withdrawn or declared invalid.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what further action he will be taking in relation to his proposed changes to the law relating to the production and review of definitive maps of public right of way, as outlined in his consultation paper in August 1979.
§ Mr. MonroFollowing consideration of the responses to the consultation paper I intend to publish a paper in the spring describing revised proposals in detail.