§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report his estimate of the contribution to agricultural production of each of the four categories of holding, by size of business, given in table 4 of the annual review White Paper, Cmnd. 9423.
§ Mr. MacGregorFigures are available for England and Wales only, as set out below:
Percentage Contribution to Total Output (Size of business based on standard man-day (smd) values) per cent. On holdings under 250 smd 8.0 On holdings 250—499 smd 13.0 On holdings 500—999 smd 24.5 On holdings 1,000 smd and over 54.6 All holdings *100 * allowing for rounding.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he has concerning multiple holdings in agriculture; and if he will publish in the Official Report any information available on (i) multiple holdings in medium and large farms, (ii) the number of corporate enterprises, (iii) the number of holdings owned by corporate enterprises and (iv) the proportion of output represented by corporate enterprises.
§ Mr. MacGregorThis information is not available.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage of the total area of crops and grass accounted for by holdings with 100 hectares or more of crops and grass in 1984, 1972, 1976 and 1960.
§ Mr. MacGregorInformation is not available for all the years quoted on holdings with 100 hectares or more of crops and grass for the United Kingdom. Figures are available, however, for holdings with 300 acres (about 120 hectares) or more of crops and grass in England and Wales. This is given in the table below, which shows the percentage of the total crops and grass accounted for by holdings of 300 acres or more of crops and grass.
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Year Per cent. 1960 28.2 1967 34.9 1972 41.0 1984 46.1