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Ms Quin
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions in each year since 1979 he has overruled the result of a planning inquiry by an inspector appointed by him.
Mr. Baldry
[holding answer 7 June 1993]: The number of occasions on which the Secretary of State has determined a planning appeal, following a local public inquiry, contrary to the recommendations of the inspector, is as follows:
| Year | Number |
| 1979 | 17 |
| 1980 | 15 |
| 1981 | 34 |
| 1982 | 20 |
| 1983 | 13 |
| 1984 | 16 |
| 1985–861 | 25 |
| 1986–872 | 26 |
| 1987–88 | 18 |
| 1988–89 | 19 |
| 1989–90 | 21 |
| 1990–91 | 17 |
| 1991–92 | 7 |
| 1992–93 | 35 |
| 1 From 1 January 1985 to 31 March 1986. | |
| 2 1986–87 and subsequent years are 1 April to 31 March. | |
| 3 Data available to 31 December 1992. | |