§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each district council and county council areas, and for Wales as a whole, the number of(a) full-time farmers, (b) part-time farmers, (c) full-time agricultural tenants and (d) part-time agricultural tenants; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe annual June agricultural census collects information on the numbers of farmers who work on holdings, including any partners or directors associated with those holdings. Data are not collected specifically in terms of agricultural tenants although information is available for those farmers, partners and directors who work on holdings where all the land is being rented and this category is included in the following tables.
The figures for Wales as a whole and for the counties, shown in table 1, are from the 1993 census. The 1993 figures for district council areas are not yet available, however the equivalent results from the 1992 census are given in table 2.
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Table 1 Farmers working on holdings Wales and by county June 1993 All holdings1 Farmers, partners and directors working: Rented holdings1 Farmers, partners and directors working: County full-time part-time full-time part-time Clwyd 3,028 1,348 440 161 Dyfed 8,344 3,755 813 286 Gwent 1,501 938 214 75 Gwynedd 3,455 1,714 638 245 Mid Glamorgan 649 397 85 50 Powys 4,870 1,888 555 212 South Glamorgan 393 225 105 60 West Glamorgan 586 388 54 26 Wales 22,826 10,653 2,904 1,115 Source: June agricultural and horticultural census, Welsh Office.
1 Excluding minor holdings.
Table 2: Farmers working on holdings, by district, June 1992 All holdings1 Farmers, partners and directors working: Rented holdings1 Farmers, partners and directors working: District area Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Aberconwy 439 165 109 28 Alyn and Deeside 207 108 35 15 Arfon 349 266 53 32 Blaenau Gwent 65 60 9 6 Brecknock 1,274 477 178 51 Cardiff 67 31 19 2— Carmarthen 2,181 939 197 57 Ceredigion 2,269 1,043 191 72 Colwyn 660 246 100 32 Cynon Valley 70 57 9 8 Delyn 424 228 77 25 Dinefwr 1,198 513 90 29 Dwyfor 789 352 119 56 Glyndwr 1,047 432 125 50 Islwyn 79 58 10 2— Llanelli 297 154 38 20 Lliw Valley 210 145 33 9 Meirionnydd 842 319 116 58 Merthyr Tydfil 51 33 9 4 Monmouth 1,041 579 157 52 Montgomeryshire 2,288 872 258 121 Neath 86 74 5 9 Newport 198 99 17 4 Ogwr 217 114 36 14 Port Talbot 44 25 2— 2— Preseli Pembrokeshire 1,799 684 193 61 Radnorshire 1,192 416 117 42 Rhondda 14 12 3 0 Rhuddlan 120 55 27 9 Rhymney Valley 146 81 15 8 South Pembrokeshire 547 254 116 28 Swansea 229 132 21 11 Taff-Ely 144 79 22 10 Torfaen 97 73 23 18 Vale of Glamorgan 305 172 61 32 Wrexham Maelor 521 262 83 39 Ynys Mon 950 552 235 86 Source: June Agricultural and Horticultural Census, Welsh Office.
1 Excluding minor holdings.
2 Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information relating to any particular land or business.