HC Deb 08 November 1988 vol 140 cc152-3W
Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will set out the costs for the management of smallholdings in each of the county authorities for the last three years.

Mr. Ryder

The administrative costs to county authorities of managing their smallholding's estates in the financial years 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87 were as follows:

Financial Year
County Council 1984–85 £ 1985–86 £ 1986–87 £
Northamptonshire 16,754 30,685 93,810
Northumberland 52,768 48,773 61,784
North Yorkshire 103,100 101,799 125,800
Nottinghamshire 40,145 39,053 47,350
Oxfordshire 47,900 49,400 54,200
Shropshire 175,310 206,937 218,240
Somerset 162,763 176,290 185,800
South Yorkshire 29,300 27,977 1
Staffordshire 151,708 177,859 192,819
Suffolk 118,001 96,396 96,259
Surrey 192,838 209,841 208,273
Tyne and Wear 838 n.a. 1
Warwickshire 46,307 51,400 56,471
West Midlands 74,135 100,984 1
West Sussex 40,000 42,468 47,328
West Yorkshire 27,628 n.a. 1
Wiltshire 164,502 163,833 167,489
Totals 4,257,423 4,267,391 4,435,809

Notes:

1 The Greater London Council and the Metropolitan County Councils were abolished on 1 April 1986.

n.a.=Information not available.

Figures for 1987–88 are not yet available.

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