§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what his estimate is of the number of people employed in agriculture in each of the past 15 years; and what the percentage change was in each year. [152696]
§ Ms QuinThe information for England is provided in the table.
Total labour force on farms (England) Year Number (Thousand) Percentage change 1986 488.5 — 1987 477.9 -2.2 1988 469.9 -1.7 1989 457.4 -2.7 1990 455.9 -0.3 1991 445.0 -2.4 1992 440.2 -1.1 1993 437.7 -0.6 1994 430.9 -1.6 1995 425.2 -1.3 1996 420.5 -1.1 1997 417.0 -0.8 1998 415.0 — 1999 397.7 -4.2 2000 373.9 -6.0 Note:
In 1998, fundamental changes were made to the June Census labour questions which may have affected response. Therefore, figures from 1998 onwards are not strictly comparable with those for earlier years.
Source:
June Agricultural and Horticultural Census