§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will show the total value of agricultural production in 1973 per head of those engaged full-time in the industry; and if he will compare the figure with that for the value of output per head in the coal mining industry also in 1973.
§ Mr. BuchanThe value of gross agricultural production per head of those engaged full time in the industry is estimated at £6,700 in 1972–73. The value of production per man engaged in coal-mining—excluding opencast mining—is estimated at about £3,300 for the financial year 1972–73.
Estimates of net product per head in each industry do, however, provide a more meaningful comparison. Net product—excluding stock appreciation—per full-time man equivalent for agriculture is estimated at £1,985; net product per employee in coal mining in 1972 is estimated at £2,140. Comparative figures for later years are not at present available.