§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many public footpaths in the United Kingdom were closed under section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in(a) 1991 and (b) 1992; how many proposals to extinguish a public footpath under section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
Section 118 l1983 l1984 l1985 l1986 l1987 l1988 l1989 l1990 l1991 l1992 l1993 Confirmed by Authority 66 72 103 91 79 85 72 85 79 60 1 Confirmed by Secretary of State 21 25 25 22 26 23 17 33 6 0 0 Not confirmed by Secretary of State 7 10 13 8 15 8 4 10 3 0 0 Outcome as yet unknown2 30 5 26 13 49 34 20 46 47 85 43 1 This information relates to the closure of both footpaths and bridleways. 2 These Orders have yet to be decided, or have been deferred or abandoned.