§ Mr. Macleanasked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, with regard to table 27 of the "Annual Review of Agriculture", Cmnd. 9708, what are the numbers of holdings which comprise small, medium and large businesses; and what these are in percentages of the total number of holdings.
§ Mrs. FennerThe information requested is given in the following table:
Numbers of holdings by size of farm, United Kingdom June 1984 Size of business Small Medium Large Number of full-time holdings ('000) 70.0 51.6 31.9 Percentage of full-time holdings 45.6 33.6 20.8 Notes:
- (a) Size groups are as defined in table 27 of the White Paper on the annual review of agriculture 1986 (Cmnd. 9708).
- (b) Figures given in the table exclude agricultural holdings classed as part-time. These part-time holdings are estimated to account for less than 5 per cent. of agricultural production.
- (c) Expressed as a proportion of all holdings, including part-time holdings, percentages would be approximately as follows:
Percentage Small 27 Medium 20 Large 12