HL Deb 17 March 1980 vol 407 cc155-7WA
Lord O'HAGAN

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many farmers in each country of the United Kingdom have stopped dairy farming in each month in each of the last three years.

The MINISTER of STATE, MINISTRY of AGICULTURE, FISHERIES and FOOD (Earl Ferrers)

I regret that the information is not available in the form requested. However, the table below shows the numbers of registered milk producers in each country or Milk Marketing Board administrative region in the United Kingdom, at March in each of the last three years.

REGISTERED MILK PRODUCERS IN UK
March March March
1977 1978 1979
ENGLAND AND WALES
Anglesey 410 385 355
Bedford 103 91 83
March March March
1977 1978 1979
Berkshire 304 283 272
Brecon 192 184 138
Buckingham 390 381 345
Caernarvon 463 439 352
Cambridge and Ely 67 64 53
Cardigan 1,369 1,327 1,219
Carmarthen 2,579 2,501 2,293
Cheshire 2,439 2,382 2,183
Cornwall 3,003 2,882 2,486
Cumberland 1,820 1,791 1,685
Denbigh 1,022 987 855
Derby 1,810 1,740 1,586
Devon 4,550 4,365 4,030
Dorset 1,374 1,331 1,270
Durham 627 597 503
Essex … 288 257 245
Flint… 625 596 546
Glamorgan 588 575 463
Gloucester 1,242 1,194 1,110
Hampshire 695 637 564
Hereford 592 576 510
Hertford 190 174 160
Huntingdon 49 47 34
Isle of Wight 175 164 157
Kent… 436 388 371
Lancashire 2,820 2,743 2,535
Leicester 782 741 699
Lincs., Holland 10 8 11
Lincs., Kesteven 147 133 105
Lincs. Lindsay 366 315 282
London 32 31 26
Merioneth 214 195 167
Monmouth 583 565 486
Montgomery 693 664 592
Norfolk 577 516 455
Northampton 332 314 272
Northumberland 288 269 267
Nottingham 388 361 310
Oxford 337 320 302
Pembroke 1,589 1,546 1,403
Peterborough 11 11 10
Radnor 46 46 40
Rutland 29 29 22
Shropshire 1,908 1,843 1,665
Stafford 2,367 2,278 2,108
Somerset 3,160 3,029 2,767
Suffolk East 340 304 274
Suffolk West 53 53 54
Surrey… 278 256 244
Sussex East 555 515 483
Sussex West 331 314 305
Warwick 677 655 579
Westmorland 809 785 741
Wiltshire 1,228 1,199 1,130
Worcester 510 484 452
Yorkshire East Riding 526 497 423
Yorkshire North Riding 1,826 1,727 1,522
Yorkshire West Riding 2,716 2,643 2,373
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen 182 171 158
Banff… 23 23 21
Borders 58 57 55
Caithness 22 20 18
Central 114 109 101
Dumfries & Galloway 979 966 933
Fife … 132 124 114
Inverness 24 21 20
Kincardine 56 53 49
Lothian 126 125 119
Moray 34 29 29
Nairn… 12 11 10
March March March
1977 1978 1979
Orkney 69 66 65
Ross & Cromarty 12 13 11
Strathclyde 1,786 1,741 1,683
Sutherland 2 2 2
Tayside 131 121 112
Northern Ireland
Antrim 2,348 2,319 2,159
Armagh 1,437 1,431 1,333
Down 1,316 1,304 1,231
Fermanagh 2,169 2,122 2,021
Londonderry 1,108 1,072 1,002
Tyrone 2,811 2,758 2,590