§ Mr. Hiltonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish figures for England and Wales showing the number of owner-occupied farm holdings, the number rented by tenants, the number of tenant holdings which are publicly owned, the percentage which each group represents of the whole, and the acreage covered by each group; and what is the number of farms under 75 acres, from 75 to 150 acres, 150to 300 acres, and over 300 acres in each of the above categories.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsThe following estimates are based on data obtained from about four-fifths of all holdings in England and Wales in 1961. Information is not available on the number of tenant holdings which are publicly owned.
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B. Total Area of Holdings '000 acres Size of Holding (Acres of crops and grass) Wholly Owned Wholly Rented Part Owned and Part Rented Total Owned Total Rented Total Area Owned Rented Under 50 acres† … 1,841 1,683 357 306 2,197 1,989 4,186 50–149¾acres … 3,605 3,907 1,046 752 4,651 4,659 9,310 150–299¾ acres … 2,648 3 285 961 669 3,609 3,954 7,564 300 acres and over 2,390 2,990 1,183 909 3,573 3,899 7,472 Total … … 10,484 11,865 3,546 2,636 14,031 14,501 28,532 Percentage … 36.8 41.6 12.4 9.2 49.2 50.8 100.0 * Excluded from the tables are 17,750 holdings (66 thousand acres) with only small agricultural activity. † Includes all holdings consisting of rough grazings only. ‡Total area includes rough grazings, woodland, etc.; any slight discrepancy in the sums of items is due to the rounding of figures to the nearest final digit.