§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his predecessor's answer of 20 April,Official Report, column 564, if he will provide an amended table to the numbers of workers on
Total labour force and total part-time workers by county in England June 1992 Census (excluding minor holdings) Total Labour force1 Regular part-time labour force2 All holdings Holdings wholly or mainly in the LFA All holdings Holdings wholly or mainly in the LFA Avon 6,032 — 1,450 — Bedfordshire 3,602 — 815 — Berkshire 2,372 — 611 — Buckinghamshire 4,697 — 1,370 — Cleveland 1,102 306 213 61 Cambridgeshire 11,063 — 2,244 — Cheshire 11,285 419 2,440 132 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 15,509 2,756 3,786 739 Cumbria 14,501 5,942 2,863 1,101 Derbyshire 8,711 3,078 2,175 796 Devon 24,836 5,543 6,137 1,355 Dorset 8,305 — 2,097 — Durham 5,085 2,590 1,056 531 Essex 12,544 — 3,256 — Gloucestershire 8,327 — 2,201 — Hampshire 10,548 — 2,776 — Humberside 11,475 — 1,958 — Hereford and Worcester 19,111 715 4,333 171 Hertfordshire 3,683 — 912 — Isle of Wight 1,488 — 368 — Kent 20,627 — 4,652 — Lancashire 15,476 3,781 3,577 884 Leicestershire 7,095 — 1,683 — Lincolnshire -21,694 — -4,410 — Merseyside 1,533 — 338 — Greater London 1,498 — 394 — Greater Manchester 3,517 742 893 185 Norfolk 18,407 — 3,769 — Northamptonshire 5,165 — 1,308 — Northumberland (inc Tyne and Wear) 7,184 3,867 1,400 807 Nottinghamshire 5,997 — 1,353 — Oxfordshire 5,956 — 1,408 — Shropshire 12,521 1,650 2,752 384 Somerset 14,503 942 3,409 254 Staffordshire 11,258 1,942 2,450 435 Suffolk 12,909 — 3,032 — Surrey 5,553 — 1,670 — East Sussex 6,385 — 1,792 — West Sussex 8,988 — 2,172 — Warwickshire 6,385 — 1,556 — Wiltshire 8,217 — 1,913 — West Midlands 1,246 — 320 — South Yorkshire 3,668 647 802 154 North Yorkshire 22,936 5,456 4,512 1,083 West Yorkshire 7,080 2,589 2,057 810 England 420,074 42,965 96,683 9,882 1 Includes all farmers, partners and directors, spouses, salaried managers and regular whole-time and part-time hired and family workers and seasonal and casual workers. 2 Includes part-time farmers, partners and directors, regular part-time family and hired workers but excludes seasonal and casual workers.
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his predecessor's answer of 24 May.Official Report, column 145, if he will provide
1368Wagricultural holdings encompassing (a) all agricultural holdings in the less favoured areas, including those beneath eight ESUs and (b) all part-time workers, including those employed on farms beneath eight ESUs; and if he will provide a further breakdown for each district authority which features less favoured area land within its boundaries.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 24 October 1994]: The table provides the information requested for the counties in England. I will write to the hon. Member with details for local government districts.
a further breakdown for each local government district authority of the number of less favoured area holdings.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI will write to the hon. Member with the information as soon as possible.