§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) whether the number of holdings listed in table 3 of the "Annual Review of Agriculture 1982", Cmnd. 8491, is based on the number of owner-tenants or on geographical units; and if he will 331W publish in the Official Report the proportion of output represented by the largest 10 per cent. and 25 per cent., respectively, of the holdings in each case;
(2) how many of the largest holdings listed in table 3 of the "Annual Review of Agriculture 1982", Cmnd. 8491, account for one-third and two-thirds, respectively, of the total output; and what is their percentage of the total holdings in each case.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe information given in table 3 of the White Paper "Annual Review of Agriculture, 1982" is derived from the June census returns. Census forms are sent to the occupier of each holding, but returns may cover two or more holdings run as a single unit. Information about the number of holdings and their contribution to output is not available in the form requested, but the 30,000 largest holdings—about 12 per cent. of the total number—account for about 50 per cent. of output, and the 73,000 largest holdings—about 30 per cent. of the total number—for about 75 per cent. of output.