HC Deb 18 July 1988 vol 137 cc462-3W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many(a) farmers and (b) farmworkers were employed in each county in England in June.

Mr. Donald Thompson

I regret that information for June 1988 is not yet available. The latest information, taken from the June 1987 census, on the numbers of farmers and workers by county in England is as follows:

Numbers of Farmers and Workers by County in England at June 1987
County Farmers1 Workers2
Cleveland 570 564
Cumbria 7,764 4,970
Durham 2,639 2,249
Northumberland 3,020 3,283
Tyne and Wear 331 429
Humberside 4,649 7,556
North Yorkshire (North Allerton) 9,752 9,021
North Yorkshire (Beveley) 1,156 2,869
South Yorkshire 1,783 1,882
West Yorkshire 3,579 3,222
Derbyshire 4,432 3,447
Leicestershire 3,331 3,745
Lincolnshire 7,600 14,541
Northamptonshire 2,336 2,879
Nottinghamshire 2,495 3,759
Cambridgeshire 4,598 8,774
Norfolk 6,083 13,539

County Farmers1 Workers2
Suffolk 4,393 8,689
Bedfordshire 1,575 2,522
Berkshire 980 1,976
Buckinghamshire 2,194 3,058
East Sussex 2,472 3,727
Essex 4,295 8,029
Greater London (East) 170 468
Greater London (South East) 348 773
Hampshire 3,364 7,316
Hertfordshire 1,401 2,523
Isle of Wight 577 831
Kent 5,080 15,979
Oxfordshire 2,461 4,130
Surrey 1,799 4,119
West Sussex 2,351 6,609
Avon 2,327 3,607
Cornwall 7,866 5,810
Devon 12,279 9,651
Dorset 3,450 4,386
Gloucestershire 3,660 4,745
Isles of Scilly 70 93
Somerset 6,544 6,808
Wiltshire 3,441 5,137
Hereford and Worcester 7,885 10,651
Shropshire 5,796 6,281
Staffordshire 5,229 4,866
Warkwickshire 2,769 3,389
West Midlands 580 766
Cheshire 5,081 5,426
Greater Manchester 1,786 1,625
Lancashire 6,867 6,881
Merseyside 628 941
England 175,836 238,541
1 Includes whole and part-time farmers, partners and directors.
2 Includes salaried managers and regular whole-time, part-time, seasonal and casual workers.

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