§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the value of output per head of those employed in agriculture in the United Kingdom, the European Economic Community and the United States of America.
§ Mr. MacGregorBecause of variations in the definition of statistics about agricultural output and employment in agriculture and differences in agricultural support, only broad comparisons of the kind requested can be made. The available information for 1982 is as follows.
Value of agricultural output (billion ECU) Numbers engaged in agriculture (millions) Value of output per person engaged (000 ECU) United Kingdom *19.4 †0.634 30.7 European Community (EC 10) *145.0 †8.165 17.8 United States of America ‡149.2 ║3.600 41.4 Sources:
* Eurostat: final agricultural production at market prices.
† Eurostat: persons employed in the sector 'agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing'. Includes all persons working for remuneration or self employed as well as unpaid family workers. Family workers working less than one-third of the normal working hours per week are excluded. Persons employed in more than one economic sector are counted only in the sector' where they have their more important employment.
535W‡ Economic indicators of the Farm Sector: USDA ECIFS 2–4.
Represents total cash receipts from farm marketings, plus Government payments, adjusted for changes in farm inventories: this total of $146.2 billion has been converted at 1 ECU=$0.98.
║ Economic indicators of the Farm Sector: USDA ECIFS 2–5. Represents total farm employment and includes farm operators, unpaid family workers and hired workers.