§ Mr. LivseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for hill farms in marginal land areas within the less-favoured areas the(a) average size in hectares, (b) farm income, (c) number of farms, (d) number of ewes and (e) number of beef cows for the latest period for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerFigures relating to holdings in the disadvantaged areas of the less-favoured areas in respect of June 1988 are given in the following table:486W
Figures (a) Average size in hectares 41.5 (c) Number of holdings 6,082 (d) Number of breeding ewes 582,024 (e) Number of breeding beef cows 23,859 A figure for (b) farm income is not published separately for marginal area farms. However, for all LFA livestock farms net farm income in 1987–88 was £9,453.