§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to his written reply dated 19 May, Official Report, c. 176, concerning employment in the agriculture industry, whether he will provide the given information in a form as close as possible to that contained in table 4 of the annual review White Paper, Cmnd. 8491, together with information on the number of farmers and so on, indicating separately the number of persons working very small holdings in 1981.
§ Mrs. FennerDetails of persons employed in agriculture in the United Kingdom in 1981 are given in table 4 of the annual review White Paper (Cmnd. 8491).
255WA precisely similar breakdown is not available for the other years specified but the information which is available is published in volumes of United Kingdom Agricultural Statistics as follows:
1948 table 23 1960 table 20 1970 table 22 The estimated number of persons working very small holdings in England and Wales in 1981 was as follows:
Workers Number Regular—Whole-time Hired: Male NIL Hired: Female NIL Family: Male NIL Family: Female NIL All Male NIL All Female NIL Total NIL Regular—Part-time Hired: Male 492 Hired: Female 127 Family: Male 794 Family: Female 580 All Male 1,286 All Female 707 Total 1,993 Seasonal or Casual All Male 2,046 All Female 785 Total 2,831 Salaried Managers NIL Total Employed 4,824 Farmers Partners and Directors Whole-time NIL Part-time 17,613 Total 17,613 Total 22,437 Wives/Husbands of Farmers, Partners and Directors (engaged in farm work) 6,512 Comparable information is not available for Scotland and Northern Ireland.