§ Mrs. RoeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at what stage(a) drafts and (b) copies of letters from chief executives of agencies within his responsibility, in response to parliamentary questions, are submitted to Ministers.
§ Mr. CurryThe chief executives of agencies within the responsibility of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food reply directly to questions on operational matters delegated to their agency in its framework document.
554WSeparate figures for severely disadvantaged and disadvan-taged areas are not available for 1985. There is no information on farmers or workers claiming income support.
England Number of persons with other paid work on main holdings within the LFA1 Occupiers2 ("000) Other family workers3 ('000) 1985 Total LFA 4.13 5.67 1987 DA 1.33 2.24 SDA 3.27 5.13 Total LFA 4.60 7.37 1990 DA 1.56 1.96 SDA 3.77 4.46 Total LFA 5.33 6.42 1 Sample data only. Figures are subject to sampling error. 2 Only occupiers who are also manager of the holding. 1 Other family workers include the occupier's spouse and other workers related to the occupier. Data are not available for non-family hired labour.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of part-time(a) farm workers and (b) farmers in (i) less-favoured areas, (ii) severely disadvantaged areas and (iii) disadvantaged areas in each year since 1985.
§ Mr. CurryThe number of part-time(a) farm workers and (b) farmers in (i) less-favoured areas (ii) severely disadvantaged areas and (iii) disadvantaged areas in England in each year since 1985 is shown in the table.
Drafts of such letters are not shown to Ministers but Ministers do, of course, have the opportunity to see letters when they are published in Hansard.