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Smallholdings

Volume 906: debated on Tuesday 24 February 1976

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asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of and total acreage of local authority smallholdings in each of the eight counties of Wales, in 1974, 1975 and 1976, respectively.

I regret that the information for 1975 and 1976 is not available. The information for 1974 is

Expenditure*1965–661966–671967–681968–691969–70
1. DC (including CoSIRA)†
Wales192,000276,000469,000555,000641,000
Powys, Meirionnydd and Caredigion122,000204,000357,000294,000185,000
2. CoSIRA
Wales73,00075,00076,000310,000‡365,000
Powys, Meirionnydd and Caredigion34,00029,00031,00092,000‡114,000
Expenditure*1970-711971–721972–731973–741974–75
1. DC (including CoSIRA)†
Wales502,000540,000670,000629,000712,000
Powys, Meirionnydd and Caredigion227,000293,000319,000247,000§—
2. CoSIRA
Wales421,000371,000447,000468,000457,000
Powys, Meirionnydd and Caredigion183,000162,000152,000148,000§—
NOTES:
* All totals include some estimated figures
† Includes predecessor bodies prior to 1st April 1968
‡ Tourism loans scheme introduced
§ Complete figures not available because following local government reform Meirionnydd and Caredigion are parts only of counties