§ Mr. P. Browneasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish up-to-date figures comparable to those provided in Table V of the Report by the National Resources Technical Committee entitled Scale of Enterprise in Farming.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsThe figures in this table of the Report were derived from the two-year identical samples of the Farm Management Survey. The figures from the Farm Management Survey for the 1961–62 and 1962–63 identical sample are as follows:
NET FARM INCOMES IN ENGLAND AND WALES RESULTS FOR IDENTICAL SAMPLES OF FARMS IN EACH YEAR £'s per farm Size-groups (acres of crops, grass and rough grazing) 1961–62 1962–63 Dairying 0–50 … … 617 654 51–100 … … 903 901 101–150 … … 1,190 1,129 151–300 … … 1,801 1,959 301–500 … … 2,239 2,754 Livestock 0–50 … … 594 521 51–100 … … 809 740 101–150 … … 1,046 999 151–300 … … 1,467 1,383 301–500 … … 2,425 2,110 501+ … … 2,009 1,719 Mixed 0–50 … … 547 621 51–100 … … 991 1,102 101–150 … … 1,254 1,356 151–300 … … 1,947 2,238 301–500 … … 3,485 4,252 501+ … … 6,308 7,072 Arable 0–50 … … 967 795 51–100 … … 1,425 1,604 101–150 … … 1,741 2,243 151–300 … … 2,900 3,293 301–500 … … 4,541 5,410 501+ … … 7,458 7,908 Source: Farm Management Survey.