§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farmers, partners, directors and farm workers were employed in each county in England in(a) June and (b) December 1989.
§ Mr. MacleanCounty results from the June 1989 agricultural census have recently become available and are shown in the table. County figures are not available from the December agricultural sample surveys.
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County by standard statistical region Farmers, partners and directors All workers (excluding salaried managers) Whole-time Part-time Salaried managers Principal farmers and partners Other partners and directors Total Principal farmers and partners Other partners and directors Total Total farmers, partners and directors Male Female Total Suffolk 2,129 762 2,891 811 557 1,368 4,259 5,100 2,396 7,496 306 East Anglia Region 7,511 2,668 10,179 2,709 1,780 4,489 14,668 17,713 9,821 27,534 936 Bedfordshire 778 303 1,081 261 162 423 1,504 1,425 636 2,061 79 Berkshire 423 124 547 247 114 361 908 1,160 373 1,533 112 Buckinghamshire 1,035 316 1,351 546 255 801 2,152 1,836 635 2,471 133 East Sussex 1,137 307 1,444 715 327 1,042 2,486 2,092 1,254 3,346 123 Essex 2,088 821 2,909 780 660 1,440 4,349 4,493 2,516 7,009 276 Greater London 248 102 350 109 56 165 515 673 489 1,162 37 Hampshire 1,584 520 2,104 876 418 1,294 3,398 4,320 2,398 6,718 362 Hertfordshire 711 268 979 290 185 475 1,454 1,548 503 2,051 107 Isle of Wight 312 80 392 123 82 205 597 582 290 872 26 Kent 2,220 665 2,885 1,268 732 2,000 4,885 6,984 7,807 14,791 373 Oxfordshire 1,205 391 1,596 513 300 813 2,409 2,593 751 3,344 186 Surrey 800 183 983 582 235 817 1,800 2,177 1,501 3,678 189 West Sussex 1,117 341 1,458 624 320 944 2,402 3,602 2,721 6,323 292 South Eastern Region 13,658 4,421 18,079 6,934 3,846 10,780 28,859 33,485 21,874 55,359 2,295 Avon 1,228 332 1,560 456 229 685 2,245 1,773 1,348 3,121 102 Cornwall and Scilly 4,326 1,116 5,442 1,740 784 2,524 7,966 4,120 1,346 5,466 62 Devon 7,088 1,761 8,849 2,180 1,148 3,328 12,177 7,139 1,726 8,865 174 Dorset 1,747 523 2,270 760 424 1,184 3,454 3,154 815 3,969 157 Gloucester 1,836 497 2,333 861 448 1,309 3,642 2,972 1,263 4,235 161 Somerset 3,537 991 4,528 1,343 696 2,039 6,567 4,868 1,563 6,431 148 Wiltshire 1,744 554 2,298 664 402 1,066 3,364 3,688 864 4,552 254 South Western Region 21,506 5,774 27,280 8,004 4,131 12,135 39,415 27,714 8,925 36,639 1,058 Hereford and Worcester 4,034 1,206 5,240 1,665 936 2,601 7,841 6,199 3,901 10,100 257 Salop 3,221 984 4,205 966 611 1,577 5,782 4,340 1,395 5,735 130 Staffordshire 2,777 857 3,634 1,006 529 1,535 5,169 3,676 1,001 4,677 82 Warwickshire 1,424 488 1,912 564 315 879 2,791 2,195 919 3,114 122 West Midlands 276 80 356 111 80 191 547 443 366 809 17 West Midlands Region 11,732 3,615 15,347 4,312 2,471 6,783 22,130 16,853 7,582 24,435 608 Cheshire 2,769 878 3,647 867 466 1,353 5,000 3,964 932 4,896 163 Greater Manchester 884 281 1,165 377 223 600 1,765 1,026 469 1,495 24 Lancashire 3,659 1,327 4,986 1,113 686 1,799 6,785 4,664 2,013 6,677 160 Merseyside 332 105 437 94 74 168 605 571 256 827 15 North West Region 7,644 2,591 10,235 2,451 1,469 3,920 14,155 10,225 3,670 13,895 362 England 91,275 29,823 121,098 33,274 19,750 53,024 174,122 148,716 66,645 215,361 6,898 Source:June Census 1989
Note:Figures exclude minor holdings not included in June Census.