HC Deb 10 December 1990 vol 182 cc313-4W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many dairy farms there are in England on a county-by-county basis for the latest available date.

Mr. Gummer

The number of holdings with dairy cows in each English county in June 1989 was as follows:

County Number of holdings
Avon 575
Bedfordshire 59
Berkshire 106
Buckinghamshire 241
Cambridgeshire 62
Cheshire 1,680
Cleveland 84
Cornwall (inc. Isles of Scilly) 1,916
Cumbria 2,430
Derbyshire 1,180
Devon 3,137
Dorset 1,040
Durham 351
Essex 158
Gloucestershire 654
Hampshire 401
Hereford and Worcester 781
Hertfordshire 108
Humberside 218
Isle of Wight 115
Kent 249
Lancashire 1,753
Leicestershire 585
Lincolnshire 246
Greater London 24
Greater Manchester 277
Merseyside 35
Norfolk 313

refunds, 4,900 million ecu (£3,400 million) to storage, 600 million ecu (£400 million) to withdrawals and 2,600 million ecu (£1,800 million) to internal disposal subsidies.