HC Deb 23 June 1969 vol 785 c200W
Mr. Younger

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were engaged in agriculture in Scotland, as self-employed and employed, respectively, in 1951, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, and in 1968.

Mr. Ross

The numbers of farm workers (excluding occupiers) employed at June in each year are shown below. There is no regular series of numbers of self-employed but it is estimated that the number of working occupiers was 60,000 in 1951, 55,000 in 1958 and 49,000 in 1968. In 1968 more than half of the working occupiers were on part-time holdings.