Question follow-through · 74379
Allotments: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Allotment Act 1925 for protecting allotments from being sold by local authorities.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Allotment Act 1925 for protecting allotments from being sold by local authorities.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
Under the Small Holdings and Allotment Act 1908, local authorities have a duty to provide allotments if there is sufficient demand. The responsibility for the running, management, and organisation of these allotments also falls on the local authority. A l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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