HC Deb 13 June 1977 vol 933 c42W
Mr. Welsh

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of hill cows in Scotland in each of the last five years.

Mr. Hugh D. Brown

The numbers of breeding cows in Scotland which qualified for payment of subsidy under the hill cattle scheme in the years 1972 to 1975 and for payment of hill livestock compensatory allowances in 1976 were as follows:

1972 395,901
1973 429,920
1974 462,962
1975 478,718
1976 459,799 (provisional)