§ Mr. Stodartasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the average rent per acre paid by smallholders in England and Wales.
§ Mr. John MackieThe information which I have relates only to statutory smallholdings for which the average rent per acre in England and Wales was
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Regular Whole time Workers Regular Part time Workers Seasonal and Temporary Workers Total Year Male Female Male Female Male Female All Workers 1958 … … 25,560 1,121 2,202 1,559 3,050 3,368 36,860 1959 … … 25,365 1,189 1,943 1,626 2,845 3,062 36,030 1960 … … 24,742 1,044 1,877 1,782 2,925 3,258 35,628 1961 … … 23,689 1,216 1,596 1,292 3,157 2,857 33,807 1962 … … 22,394 1,049 1,515 1,331 3,093 2,765 32,147 1963 … … 21,575 997 1,696 1,344 2,904 2,809 31,325 1964 … … 20,359 1,018 1,650 1,407 2,851 3,258 30,543 1965 … … 19,026 1,001 1,620 1,297 2,653 2,881 28,478 1966 … … 17,396 1,023 1,479 1,142 2,718 2,988 26,746 1967 … … 16,597 892 1,224 1,063 2,128 3,052 24,956 1968 … … 15,522 847 1,153 1,214 1,648 2,615 22,999 *From 1958 to 1967, June returns were completed by occupiers of more than an acre of land used for agriculture. From June, 1968, some 47,000 holdings in England and Wales, of which rather less than 1,700 are in Norfolk, have been excluded from the census on the ground that their output is negligible, but this does not materially affect comparison with earlier years. £5 15s. 0d. in the year ending 31st March, 1967, the most recent year for which there are statistics.