HC Deb 30 May 1963 vol 678 c186W
Mr. P. Browne

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish up-to-date figures comparable to those provided in Table V of the Report by the National Resources Technical Committee, entitled, Scale of Enterprise in Farming.

Mr. Scott-Hopkins

The figures in this Table of the Report were derived from the two-year identical samples of the Farm Management Survey. The figures from the Farm Management Survey for the 1960–61 and 1961–62 identical sample are as follows:

NET FARM INCOMES IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Results for Identical Samples of Farms in each year
£'s per farm
Size-groups 1960–61 1961–62
(acres)
Dairying
0–50 578 581
51–100 877 880
101–150 1,079 1,158
151–300 1,889 1,923
301–500 2,430 2,072
Livestock
0–50 444 453
51–100 625 752
1010–150 902 951
151–300 1,117 1,476
301–500 1,806 2,394
501+ 1,457 1,911
Mixed
0–50 605 583
51–100 894 959
101–150 1,143 1,304
151–300 1,725 1,939
301–500 3,112 3,681
501+ 5,296 6,461
Arable
0–50 770 837
51–100 1,267 1,586
101–150 1,600 1,876
151–300 2,599 2,767
301–500 4,088 4,810
501+ 6,537 8,354
Source: Farm Management Survey.