HC Deb 22 May 1975 vol 892 cc631-3W
Mr. Donald Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the figures for

As at December
1971 1972 1973 1974
White fish (Trawl, line, seine and other) Under 40 ft. 505 526 465 470
40 ft. to 59.9 ft. 340 343 369 350
60 ft. to 79.9 ft. 242 259 282 307
Total 1,087 1,128 1,116 1,127
Herring Under 40 ft. 1
40 ft. to 59.9 ft. 70 57 40 50
60 ft. to 79.9 ft. 84 77 70 78
Total 154 134 111 128
Nephrops Trawl Under 40 ft. 52 60 59 55
40 ft. to 59.9 ft. 145 170 189 211
60 ft. to 79.9 ft. 30 39 42 34
Total 227 269 290 300
Shellfish (Creels and Others) Under 40 ft. 967 997 991 1,034
40 ft. to 59.9 ft. 59 55 52 49
60 ft. to 79.9 ft. 2 3 5 1
Total 1,028 1,055 1,048 1,084

Full-time Part-time
1971 16,810 7,449
1972 Not available Not available
1973 16,329 8,408
1974 6,118 8,555

Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of agricultural holdings and the number of farmers, partners, and directors, for June of each year from 1971 onwards, for Scotland.

Mr. William Ross

Information on working partners and directors is not asked for in the Scottish Agricultural Census. The numbers of occupiers returning themselves as doing full-time or part-time farm work show seasonal and year to year variation. The numbers of these occupiers and the numbers of agricultural holdings from June 1971 to date are as follows:

the Scottish inshore fishing fleet by categories for each of the last five years.

Mr. William Ross

The numbers of vessels, both full and part-time, in the Scottish inshore fleet, according to length and type categories, are:

A comparable breakdown for 1970 is not readily available.

Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the proportion of all farmers, partners, and directors, and those who are whole-time and part-time, respectively, who are returned by agricultural holdings with fewer than 275 standard-man-days, between 275 and 600, and more than 600, respectively, in the latest year for which figures are available in Scotland.

Standard Man-days
40–249 250–599 600+
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Full-time occupiers 1,900 12 4,825 30 9,393 58
Part-time occupiers 6,231 73 907 11 1,417 16
Total 8,131 33 5,732 23 10,810 44

Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the number of independently occupied farm businesses, whole-time and part-time, excluding businesses which are run by persons already counted as the occupiers of other farm businesses in Scotland for each year from 1971 to date.

Mr. William Ross

None.

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