§ Mr. Roderickasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the number of tenanted farms,
England Wales Scotland Number of farms Acreage Number of farms Acreage Number of farms Acreage 1. Owned or mainly owned farm 108,029 12,542,900 22,041 2,438,200 22,504 9,069,900 2. Wholly owner/occupied farms 80,250 7,731,100 17,457 1,797,200 — — 3. Wholly or mainly tenanted farms 70,594 11,041,600 10,771 1,249,400 27,814 5,983,503 4. Wholly tenanted farms 52,340 7,636,500 8,417 873,600 — — 5. Partly tenanted farms 46,033 8,216,900 6,938 1,016,800 — — Notes
1. Because of different census coverage and different years the figures as between England and Wales and Scotland are not strictly comparable.
2. The table include figures for county council smallholdings and Crown land.
3. Figures for England and Wales are taken from the 1974 census and those for Scotland from the 1975 census.
4. Statistically unimportant holdings are included in the numbers and acreages for Scotland.