HC Deb 13 July 1931 vol 255 c36W
Mr. SMITH-CARINGTON

asked the Minister of Agriculture the total number of horses, including ponies, in Great Britain in 1913 and in 1928, 1929, and 1930?

Dr. ADDISON

The returns collected by the Ministry and by the Department of Agriculture for Scotland relate only to agricultural holdings exceeding one acre. The total numbers of horses (including ponies) on such holdings in Great Britain in the years mentioned were as follow:

1913 1,606,587
1928 1,204,198
1929 1,160,278
1930 1,117,669
No information is available as to the total number of horses in Great Britain in the above years, but a census taken by the Board of Trade in 1917, 1920 and 1924 showed that the total numbers of horses (including ponies) in Great Britain in these years were:
1917 2,079,122
1920 2,081,457
1924 1,892,205