§ Mr. WigginTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the average farm income was in Wales, broken down by(a) constituency and (b) local authority area for each year since 1997. [151725]
§ Mr. TouhigThe information is not available in the form requested.
Net incomes for all Welsh farms for each year since 1999 are published in "Estimates of Farm Incomes in Wales" and are listed as follows.
£ 1999–2000 4,100 2000–01 6,100 2001–02 19,100 2002–03 210,100 1 Provisional 2 Forecast Net farm income is defined as the return to the principal farmer and spouse for their manual and managerial labour and on the tenant type of capital of the business.