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Mr. Watkins
asked the Minister of Agriculture what progress is being made by each of the county councils in Wales to provide smallholdings; how many applicants are now waiting for smallholdings; how many have been on the waiting
PROVISION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SMALLHOLDINGS BY COUNTY COUNCILS IN WALES FROM 1ST OCTOBER, 1949 TO 31ST MARCH, 1954 | |||||||
County | Acreage of land acquired | Number of new holdings provided | Number of existing holdings enlarged | Number of existing holdings improved | Number of applicants settled | Number of approved applicants on waiting list at 31.3.54 | |
Anglesey | … | — | — | — | 39 | 22 | 112 |
Brecon | … | — | — | — | 16 | 6 | 9 |
Caernarvon | … | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 4 |
Cardigan | … | 81 | — | — | — | — | 15 |
Carmarthen | … | 139 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 62 |
Denbigh | … | — | — | — | 69 | 20 | 125 |
Flint | … | 27 | — | 3 | 184 | 23 | 92 |
Glamorgan | … | 339 | — | — | 94 | 33 | 129 |
Merioneth | … | — | — | — | 15 | 7 | 42 |
Monmouth | … | 333 | 6 | 1 | 56 | 18 | 149 |
Montgomery | … | 495 | 7 | — | 180 | 49 | 170 (b) |
Pembroke | … | — | — | — | 29 | 11 | waiting list not kept |
Radnor | … | — | — | — | 11 | 10 | 35 |
TOTALS | … | 1,414(a) | 15 | 5 | 734 | 209 | 944 |
(a) Includes land where the work of equipment to provide new holdings is still in progress. | |||||||
(b) Includes 16 smallholdings tenants who have applied for larger holdings. |