asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1) with regard to claims made under Part VI of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, the aggregate value of applicants' claims as at 1st January, 1952, where the applicants have stated figures in their claim forms; and the value of applicants' claims admitted by the valuation office for inclusion in the Treasury scheme;
(2) the total number of claims under Part VI of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, submitted, with figures, and now finally determined as nil determinations and as plus determinations, respectively; the total number of claims submitted, with figures, and not finally determined; and the number referred to arbitration;
(3) the total number of claims under Part VI of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, submitted, without figures and now finally determined as nil determinations and as plus determinations, respectively; the total number of claims submitted, without figures, and not finally determined; and the number referred to arbitration.
Claimants were not required to state the amounts that they claimed. Most of them did not do so and no separate records were kept of those who did.Up to 28th December, 1951, the Central Land Board had issued 464,000 determinations under Section 58 of the Act, of which about 200,000 had no development value. 825 appeals have been received, of which all but 182 have been settled either by the Lands Tribunal or by agreement.