§ Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of farms in Wales are held by tenant farmers; and what percentage of these are individuals as opposed to corporate bodies.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThe June 1972 census shows that 10,422— 30.6 per cent. —of the 34,021 holdings in Wales were wholly or mainly rented. Information about the numbers of tenanted farms held by individuals as opposed to corporate bodies is not readily available.
§ Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many farms were there in Wales in 1972; and how this figure compares with 1962.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThe June 1972 agricultural census shows that there were 34,021 holdings in Wales. The corresponding figure in June 1962 was 50,736 holdings, but account has to be taken of changes in the census in the intervening years.