asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the number of and total acreage of local authority smallholdings in each English county in 1974, 1975 and 1976, respectively.

I regret that the information for 1975 and 1976 is not available. The information for 1974 is given in the annual report to Parliament on smallholdings in England and Wales which my right hon. Friends the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales laid before the House on 10th July 1975.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the number of and total acreage of local authority smallholdings in England and Wales, respectively; and if he will express this as a percentage of the total acreage of each country.

At 31st March 1974 the number of statutory smallholdings held by local authorities in England and Wales, the total acreages of these smallholdings, and these acreages expressed as a percentage of the total acreage of agricultural land—excluding woodlands and rough grazings—for each country, as shown in the agricultural census for June 1974, were as follows: