§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many men and women were employed in agriculture from 1951 each year to the nearest available date; and if he will list the counties of their employment.
§ Mr. RossThe figures are published in the annual volumes of " Agricultural 305W Statistics, Sotland", except for 1969. The table numbers are:
Year(s) Table(s) 1951 (joint volume with 1950) … 63 1952 … 44 1953–6 … 43 1957 … 44 1958 … 42 1959 and 1960 (joint volume) … 25 and 26 1961 and 1962 … 29 and 30 1963–5 … 28 1966–8 … 16 For June, 1969, the figures, which exclude the farmer and his wife, are as follows:
Males Females Scotland … … 41,155 7,500 Aberdeen … … 5,082 469 Angus … … 2,889 484 Argyll … … 1,229 176 Ayr … … 2,581 717 Banff … … 1,221 144 Berwick … … 1,459 216 Bute … … 176 36 Caithness … … 541 61 Clackmannan … … 127 14 Dumfries … … 2,133 235 Dunbarton … … 334 94 East Lothian … … 1,334 406 Fife … … 2,410 675 Inverness … … 1,147 153 Kincardine. … … 1,246 181 Kinross … … 270 70 Kirkcudbright … … 1,519 189 Lanark … … 2,074 688 Midlothian … … 1,175 282 Moray … … 930 100 Nairn … … 201 12 Orkney … … 775 163 Peebles … … 414 26 Perth … … 3,179 601 Renfrew … … 567 273 Ross and Cromarty … 1,263 196 Roxburgh … … 1,487 166 Selkirk … … 245 15 Stilling … … 786 187 Sutherland … … 310 18 West Lothian … … 383 72 Wigtown … … 1,450 269 Shetland … … 218 92