Kit Malthouse corrected a written answer on Smallholdings
Dr David Drew (Labour, Stroud) asked written question 248573 on 29 April 2019. Kit Malthouse answered on 3 May 2019 for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Kit Malthouse corrected the answer on 8 October 2019. The corrected text adds the figures 119,977, 83,600, 89,020, which the original did not give. Altogether 93 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have sold off (a) all and (b) more than 50 per cent of council smallholdings since 1997.
Original and corrected answer
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| Original | Corrected |
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| Records held by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) show that in 1997 a total area of 119,977 hectares was held for smallholdings purposes by local authorities in England. Data on land held for smallholdings purposes by individual local authorities in 1997 is unavailable. A recent report published by Defra records that, at 31 March 2018, the total area of land held by 43 reporting smallholdings authorities in England was 89,020 hectares (for the whole estate), of which 83,600 hectares were let as smallholdings (for 40 reporting authorities). |
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Receipt
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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