§ Mr. P. Browneasked 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-HopkinsThe 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.