HC Deb 27 March 1979 vol 965 cc143-4W
Mr. Geraint Howells

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage of agricultural land in Wales farmed (a) by institutions, (b) by owner-occupiers and (c) by tenant-farmers; and if he will make a statement

Mr. Alec Jones

According to the June 1977 census the percentage of agricul- tural land farmed by owner-occupiers and tenant farmers in Wales is as follows:

per cent.
Wholly owned 47.7
Wholly rented 19.9
50 per cent. or more owned 20.7
50 per cent. or more rented 11.6

No figures are available showing the amount of land farmed by companies.