§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the latest available year the information given in Appendix 1(a) and 1(c) of the Government Economic Service Working Paper No. 52 on wages and employment in agriculture.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information requested is set out in the following tables:
Appendix 1 Recorded Numbers of Farmers and Workers, England and Wales, Numbers in Thousands (a) Workers (Family and Hired) 1984 Thousands Male Whole-time 122.2 Part-time 23.5 Seasonal or casual 48.1 Female Whole-time 12.9 Part-time 26.7 Seasonal or casual 37.0 Total Whole-time 135.2 Part-time 50.2 Seasonal or casual 85.1
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(c) Farmers, Partners, Directors and their Spouses (doing farm work) and Salaried Managers 1984 Thousands Whole-time Principal farmers and partners (v) 119.6 Other partners and directors (v) 37.3 Total farmers, partners and directors (v) 156.8 Part-time
Thousands Principal farmers and partners (v) 47.6 Other partners and directors (v) 22.1 Total farmers, partners and directors (v) 69.7 Total farmers, partners and directors (v) 226.5 Wives/husbands of Principal farmers and partners (v) 57.3 Other partners and directors (v) 4.5 Total farmers partners and directors (v) 61.9 Salaried Managers 6.9 Information for the years 1981 to 1983 is available in "Agriculture Statistics United Kingdom 1983", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.