§ Mr. Johnasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of farms in the United Kingdom employ (a) one to five persons, (b) five to 10 persons and (c) over 10 persons; and what are the equivalent figures for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and each of the standard regions in England.
§ Mrs. Fenner[pursuant to her reply, 24 January 1986, c. 343]: The information requested is presented in the following tables.
Table A Distribution of Agricultural Holdings by Employee Size Group June 1984 Number of employees Region 0 1–5 6–10 over 10 Total North 6,263 5,217 211 71 11,762 (per cent.) 53.2 44.4 1.8 0.6 100 Yorkshire & Humberside 8,630 7,233 601 260 16,724 (per cent.) 51.6 43.2 3.6 1.6 100 East Midlands 8,850 7,311 746 382 17,289 (per cent.) 51.2 42.3 4.3 2.2 100 East Anglia 6,320 5,364 903 617 13,204 (per cent.) 47.9 40.6 6.8 4.7 100 South East 12,573 11,317 1,524 1,188 26,602 (per cent.) 47.3 42.5 5.7 4.5 100 South West 19,252 15,053 867 339 35,511 (per cent.) 54.2 42.4 2.4 1.0 100 West Midlands 10,574 7,861 589 342 19,366 (per cent.) 54.6 40.6 3.0 1.8 100 North West 7,162 5,115 277 154 12,708 (per cent.) 56.4 40.2 2.2 1.2 100 ENGLAND 79,624 64,471 5,718 3,353 153,166 (per cent.) 52.0 42.1 3.7 2.2 100 WALES 20,070 9,309 276 97 29,752 (per cent.) 67.5 31.3 0.9 0.3 100 SCOTLAND 17,153 13,115 694 203 31,165 (per cent.) 55.0 42.1 2.2 0.7 100 GREAT BRITAIN 116,847 86,895 6,688 3,653 214,083 (per cent.) 54.6 40.6 3.1 1.7 100 NORTHERN IRELAND* 35,835 8,147 46 22 44,050 (per cent.) 81.4 18.5 0.1 0.1 100 UNITED KINGDOM 152,682 95,042 6,734 3,675 258,153 (per cent.) 59.2 36.8 2.6 1.4 100 * Excluding seasonal and casual workers.
Note: Employees are defined to include all labour except farmers, partners, directors and their spouses. For Northern Ireland, 7,193 seasonal and casual workers are also excluded.
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Table B Distribution of agricultural employees by size group of holding June 1984 Number of employees Region 1–5 6–10 over 10 Total North 9,381 1,505 1,296 12,182 (per cent.) 77.0 12.4 10.6 100 Yorks & Humberside 14,085 4,440 6,498 25,023 (per cent.) 56.3 17.7 26.0 100 East Midlands 14,677 5,550 10,333 30,560 (per cent.) 48.0 18.2 33.8 100 East Anglia 11,645 6,728 15,145 33,518
Number of employees Region 1–5 6–10 over 10 Total (per cent.) 34.7 20.1 45.2 100 South East 24,400 11,305 31,549 67,254 (per cent.) 36.3 16.8 46.9 100 South West 28,214 6,247 8,228 42,689 (per cent.) 66.1 14.6 19.3 100 West Midlands 14.981 4,366 7,152 26,499 (per cent.) 56.5 16.5 27.0 100 North West 9,904 2,003 3,472 15,379 (per cent.) 64.4 13.0 22.6 100 ENGLAND 127,287 42,144 83,673 253,104 (per cent.) 50.3 16.6 33.1 100 WALES 15,726 1,962 2,096 19,784 (per cent.) 79.5 9.9 10.6 100 SCOTLAND 25,490 5,024 4,024 34,538 (per cent.) 73.8 14.5 11.7 100 GREAT BRITAIN 168,503 49,130 89,793 307,426 (per cent.) 54.8 16.0 29.2 100 NORTHERN IRELAND* 10,985 332 566 11,883 (per cent.) 92.4 2.8 4.8 100 UNITED KINGDOM 179,488 49,462 90,359 319,309 (per cent.) 56.2 15.5 28.3 100 * Excluding seasonal and casual workers.
Note: Employees are defined to include all labour except farmers, partners, directors and their spouses. For Northern Ireland, 7,193 seasonal and casual workers are also excluded.