§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food how many full-time hired workers are employed on farm holdings in the less-favoured areas; and if she will provide a breakdown by country according to the most recent figures for each year since 1982.
Regular full-time hired workers on holdings1 in less favoured areas2 in England at June each year by county County3 1982 1983 1984 1985 41986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Berkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buckinghamshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland 6 6 5 6 107 99 84 78 79 73 66 Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cheshire 12 19 13 19 21 21 19 18 20 19 16 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 33 37 38 38 264 255 238 218 211 194 186 Cumbria 507 510 475 448 627 584 599 562 542 536 506 Derbyshire 171 150 136 117 198 184 167 181 177 158 158 Devon 179 164 159 145 385 408 445 420 393 402 393 Dorset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Durham 171 157 150 145 331 261 281 268 242 238 247 Essex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hereford and Worcester 77 55 56 57 85 86 69 64 57 55 65 Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lancashire 132 119 109 98 291 269 250 244 226 228 222 Leicestershire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Merseyside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greater London (E) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greater London (SE) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norfolk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0