HC Deb 07 June 1988 vol 134 cc485-7W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farm workers are employed in each county in England at the latest convenient date.

Numbers of workers and salaried managers engaged on agricultural holdings, England, June 1987
All workers (excluding salaried managers)
County by standard statistical region Male Female Total Salaried managers
Cleveland 443 94 537 27
Cumbria 4,228 659 4,887 83
Durham 1,731 487 2,218 31
Northumberland 2,723 480 3,203 80
Tyne and Wear 322 99 421 8
North Region 9,447 1,819 11,266 229
Humberside 5,491 1,831 7,322 234
North Yorkshire (North Allerton) 7,058 1,739 8,797 224
North Yorkshire (Beverley) 1,370 1,437 2,807 62
South Yorkshire 1,356 495 1,851 31
West Yorkshire 2,343 808 3,151 71
Yorkshire and Humberside 17,618 6,310 23,928 622
Derbyshire 2,601 796 3,397 50
Leicestershire 2,703 934 3,637 108
Lincolnshire 9,393 4,701 14,094 447
Northamptonshire 2,207 551 2,758 121
Nottinghamshire 2,550 1,088 3,638 121
East Midlands Region 19,454 8,070 27,524 847
Cambridgeshire 5,514 3,016 8,530 244
Norfolk 8,556 4,615 13,171 368
Suffolk 5,722 2,653 8,375 314
East Anglia Region 19,792 10,284 30,076 926
Bedfordshire 1,676 756 2,432 90
Berkshire 1,299 568 1,867 109
Buckinghamshire 2,121 783 2,904 154
East Sussex 2,362 1,241 3,603 124
Essex 5,082 2,658 7,740 289
Greater London (East) 243 203 446 22

Mr. Donald Thompson

The information requested is shown in the table.

County by standard statistical region Male Female Total Salaried managers
Greater London (South East) 414 330 744 29
Hampshire 4,616 2,351 6,967 349
Hertfordshire 1,768 614 2,382 141
Isle of Wight 543 269 812 19
Kent 7,363 8,240 15,603 376
Oxfordshire 2,950 982 3,932 198
Surrey 2,272 1,655 3,927 192
West Sussex 3,499 2,827 6,326 283
South East Region 36,208 23,477 59,685 2,375
Avon 1,929 1,565 3,494 113
Cornwall 4,428 1,314 5,742 68
Devon 7,687 1,813 9,500 151
Dorset 3,378 859 4,237 149
Gloucestershire 3,202 1,363 4,565 180
Isles of Stilly 56 35 91 2
Somerset 5,104 1,562 6,666 142
Wiltshire 4,006 882 4,888 249
South West Region 29,790 9,393 39,183 1,054
Hereford and Worcester 6,473 3,931 10,404 247
Shropshire 4,654 1,506 6,160 121
Staffordshire 3,739 1,048 4,787 79
Warwickshire 2,397 872 3,269 120
West Midlands 440 312 752 14
West Midlands Region 17,703 7,669 25,372 581
Cheshire 4,261 1,006 5,267 159
Greater Manchester 1,138 469 1,607 18
Lancashire 4,883 1,911 6,744 137
Merseyside 634 289 923 18
North West Region 10,866 3,675 14,541 332
England 160,878 70,697 231,575 6,966

Source: June census.

Note: Figures exclude minor holdings not included in June census.

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