§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food .if he will state the average farm rent in pounds per acre in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) England for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. GummerGovernment statistics are presented in metric terms. The table below gives average farm rents for(a) Great Britain and (b) England. The land tenure system of Northern Ireland is not generally comparable with Great Britain. Consequently no information can be provided for the United Kingdom as a whole.
Average Farm Rents (£ per hectare) Year Great Britain England 1979 35.54 42.13 1980 41.93 50.01 1981 49.21 58.36 1982 56.51 66.14 1983 63.32 73.93 1984 69.65 81.27 1985 75.40 88.01 19861 80.72 95.75 1 provisional