Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 4 February 2009.
Roger Williams
Opposition Whip (Commons), Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what area of land in each (a) Constituency and (b) region of England was used as allotments in each of the last three years.
Iain Wright
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)
We do not have centrally held figures on the area of land used as allotments in England. Local authorities are responsible for keeping figures on the amount of land used as allotments and we do not require them to provide central Government with these figures.
Yes2 people think so
No3 people think not
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