To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of smallholdings provided by each local authority in Wales in April 1991 and at the same date on each of the previous five years, indicating in each case the number and percentage (a) below 20 hectares, (b) between 20 and 40 hectares and (c) in excess of 40 hectares.
The figures for 1991 are not available. Statistics for the previous five years collated at 31 March are given in the tables.
| (c) in excess of 40 hectares | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | ||||||
| Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | |
| Gwynedd | 20 | 11·2 | 20 | 11·2 | 20 | 11·3 | 20 | 11·2 | 20 | 11·2 |
| Clwyd | 18 | 10·8 | 17 | 9·9 | 16 | 8·9 | 13 | 7·6 | 14 | 8·0 |
| Powys | 13 | 5·6 | 13 | 5·4 | 13 | 5·4 | 13 | 5·3 | 12 | 4·9 |
| Dyfed | 18 | 10·3 | 18 | 10·3 | 18 | 10·3 | 18 | 10·3 | 18 | 10·3 |
| Gwent | 9 | 8·5 | 9 | 8·4 | 9 | 8·0 | 9 | 8·0 | 10 | 8·7 |
| West Glamorgan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mid Glamorgan | 4 | 20·0 | 4 | 20·0 | 4 | 20·0 | 4 | 20·0 | 4 | 17·4 |
| South Glamorgan | 4 | 10·5 | 4 | 10·3 | 4 | 9·1 | 4 | 8·9 | 4 | 8·9 |
| Wales | 86 | 85 | 84 | 81 | 82 | |||||
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of (a) the area of land available as smallholdings in Wales in the year 1990–91, (b) the increase and decrease compared with the previous year and (c) the adequacy of this land to meet the interests of agriculture in Wales.
The information for 1990–91 is not yet available. The total area of land provided by local authorities for smallholdings at 31 March 1990 was 20,741 hectares. This was a decrease of 2·9 per cent. on the previous year. The availability of this land provides worthwhile opportunities for new entrants to agriculture.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the number of tenants of local authority smallholdings (a) in Wales and (b) in each local authority area at 31 March and at the same date for each of the past five years.
The information for 1990–91 is not yet available. The information as at 31 March for the previous five years is contained in the annual report to Parliament on Smallholdings in Wales (table 3), a copy of which is in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the areas of land held for smallholding by each local authority in Wales on 1 April, or the nearest convenient date, and the same date for each of the past five years.
The information for 1990–91 is not yet available. The information as at 31 March for the previous five years is contained in the annual report to Parliament on Smallholdings in Wales (table 1), a copy of which is in the Library.