HC Deb 18 March 1925 vol 181 cc2298-9W
Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

asked the Minister of Agriculture what area of land in Great Britain, and in what counties situated, was devoted to the cultivation of sugar beet in each year from 1913 onwards; and how many persons were employed in its cultivation in each of these years, respectively?

Mr. WOOD

The following table shows the total acreage of sugar beet in Great Britain for the years 1913 to 1924 and the acreage in each county of England and Wales in which 10 acres or more were grown. I regret that I have no information which would enable mo to furnish the particulars asked for in the last part of the hon. and gallant Member's question, but it is estimated that one additional man is employed in respect of each 10 acres of beet:

Counties. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923 1924.
Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres.
Bedford — — 13 — — — — 98 — 75 16 —
Berkshire — — 13 — — 12 — 36 — 15 11 13
Buckingham — — — — — — 10 — — — — 11
Cambridge —— 38 — — 24 — 150 287 193 497 844
Isle of Ely 14 — 84 — 17 12 34 433 1,279 1,112 2,361 2,965
Chester 16 — — — — — — — — 10 — —
Derby — — — — — — — — — 17 10 112
Dorset — — — — — — — 20 — — — —
Essex 158 44 83 23 26 40 26 84 222 142 168 214
Flint — 12 — — — — — — — — — —
Gloucester — — — — — — — — — — — —
Hampshire — — 40 10 — 44 13 — — 11 — —
Hertford — — — — — 27 — — — 34 23 31
Huntingdon — — 32 11 — 16 19 150 172 92 238 522
Kent — — — 11 22 37 32 38 17 51 75 22
Lancaster — — — — — — — 10 10 10 — —
Leicester — — — — — — — — 14 23 10 159
Lincoln, Holland — — 33 14 29 — — 94 170 111 878 909
Lincoln, Kesteven — — — — — — — 57 795 1,739 3,218 2.836
Lincoln, Lindsey — 18 21 — 23 10 34 11 598 838 1,380 1,338
Middlesex — — — — — — — 11 — — — —
Norfolk 1,421 1,000 1,058 14 16 22 14 1,087 2,746 2,169 4,740 7,207
Northampton — — — — — 13 — 17 — 36 12 —
Soke of Peterborough. — — — — — — — 20 20 20 27 105
Nottingham — — — — — 29 33 32 199 730 957 1,109
Oxford — — — — — 12 11 — — — — 16
Rutland — — — — — — — — — — — 101
Salop — — — — — 15 — — — — — 99
Somerset — — — — — 10 — — — — 30 —
Stafford — — — — — — — — — — — 274
Suffolk, East 1,867 928 673 13 — 29 12 336 829 477 1,305 1,963
Suffolk, West 477 254 181 — 28 95 21 180 504 367 861 1,658
Surrey — — — — — 22 — 15 18 20 14 —
Sussex, East — — — — — 30 — — — — — —
Sussex, West — — 10 — — 10 — — — — — —
Warwick — — — — — — — — — — — 119
Worcester — — — — — 16 — — — — — 108
Yorks, East Riding — — — — — — — — 15 — — 12
Yorks, North Riding — — — — — — — — — — — 22
Yorks, West Riding — — — — — 10 — — 10 38 — 120
Other Counties 132 78 70 55 114 108 125 118 128 79 85 52
Total, England and Wales. 4,085 2,334 2,319 151 275 671 386 3,017 8,333 8,409 16,919 22,441
Scotland 2 — — 1 7 7 21 28 1 4 4 196
Total, Great Britain 4,087 2,384 2,349 152 282 678 407 8,045 8,334 8,413 16,923 22,637