§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farmers, partners, directors and farm workers were employed on a county-by-county basis in Scotland in June 1990.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 3 June 1991]: Scottish counties ceased to be used for agricultural statistics purposes after 1975 following local government reform. The number of farmers, spouses doing farm work and farm workers employed on main holdings in June 1990, by local authority region, is shown in the table. Partners and directors are not separately enumerated in the census, but are included either as farmers or farm workers.
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Region Number of farmers Number of spouses doing farm work Number of farm workers Borders 1,296 512 2,492 Central 771 379 1,032 Dumfries and Galloway 2,282 1,064 3,846
Region Number of farmers Number of spouses doing farm work Number of farm workers Fife 722 270 1,704 Grampian 4,643 1,829 5,198 Highland 2,755 1,079 2,103 Lothian 730 309 1,673 Strathclyde 4,101 2,165 5,391 Tayside 2,066 806 3,706 Islands 2,141 982 963 Scotland 21,507 9,395 28,108