Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 74379

Allotments: Sales

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Dr Luke Evans

ConservativeHinckley and Bosworth

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.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
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...

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