§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the enterprises engaged in agriculture, forestry, horticulture and fishing are estimated to have profits in excess of £10,000 per annum, £15,000 per annum and £25,000 per annum, respectively.
§ Mr. BishopI regret that the information requested is not available. Data on net farm incomes from a sample of full-time farm businesses, excluding very large farms, shows, however, that in 1974–75 in England and Wales, 17 per cent. of the full-time agricultural businesses had net farm incomes of over £10,000, 9 per cent. over £15,000 and 3 per cent. over £25,000; 4 per cent. of horticultural businesses had net incomes over £10,000, 1 per cent. over £15,000 and none over £25,000. These figures exclude very large farms with standard labour requirements of more than 4,200 standard man days—approximately 15 persons or over—because insufficient information is available.