§ Mr. Heddleasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will list in the Official Report, for each county in England and Wales, the total number of full-time apprentices and craft skills trainees in agricultural industry expressed as a percentage of the full-time agricultural work force in each county.
§ Mrs. FennerSuch information as is available is as follows:
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County Total number whole-time workers Number of whole-time apprentices Per cent. of workforce England and Wales Bedfordshire 1,724 43 2.5 Cambridgeshire 4,983 119 2.4 Essex 5,266 63 1.2 Hertfordshire 2,107 75 3.6 Norfolk 9,097 66 0.7 Suffolk 5,943 174 2.9 Berkshire 1,443 47 3.6 Buckinghamshire 1,751 33 1.9 East Sussex 1,834 42 2.3 Hampshire 4,521 180 4.0 Isle of Wight 520 47 7.9 Kent 6,868 107 1.6 Oxfordshire 2,784 72 2.6 Surrey 2,438 57 2.3 West Sussex 4,040 54 1.3 Derbyshire 1,671 48 2.9 Leicestershire 2,207 93 4.2 Lincolnshire 10,321 260 2.5 Northamptonshire 1,876 48 2.6 Nottinghamshire 2,573 110 4.3 Cheshire 4,741 255 5.4 Hereford and Worcester 4,783 164 3.4 Salop 3,820 240 6.3 Staffordshire 2,710 157 5.8 Warwickshire 2,248 133 5.9 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3,046 79 2.6 Devon 4,990 257 5.2 Dorset 3,070 119 3.9 Gloucester/Somerset and Avon 8,111 213 2.6 Wiltshire 3,845 39 1.0 Cumbria 2,968 139 4.7 Durham (and Tyne/Wear/Cleveland) 2,041 33 1.6 North Yorkshire 6,783 258 3.8 Humberside 5,095 93 1.8 Lancashire 3,485 128 3.7 South and West Yorkshire 2,477 115 4.6 Northumberland 2,555 101 4.0 Clwyd 1,593 80 5.0 Dyfed 2,983 179 6.0 Gwent 677 28 4.1 Gwynedd 1,106 129 11.7
County Total number whole-time workers Number of whole-time apprentices Per cent. of workforce Glamorgan 635 37 5.8 Powys 1,485 188 12.7 TOTAL 149,214 4,986 3.3 I regret that information on craft skills scheme trainees is not available in the form requested.