HC Deb 07 June 1988 vol 134 cc483-4W
Mr. Canavan

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the current total volume and value in sterling of surplus food and drink in the European Economic Community.

Numbers of Farmers, Partners and Directors on Agricultural holdings, England, June 1987
Farmers, partners and directors (doing farm work)
Whole-time Part-time
County by standard statistical region Principal farmers and partners Other partners and directors Total Principal farmers and partners Other partners and directors Total Total farmers, partners and directors
Cleveland 314 116 430 78 62 140 570
Cumbria 4,531 1,610 6,141 947 676 1,623 7,764
Durham 1,526 503 2,029 370 240 610 2,639
Northumberland 1,657 666 2,323 381 316 697 3,020
Tyne and Wear 190 56 246 53 32 85 331
North Region 8,218 2,951 11,169 1,829 1,326 3,155 14,324
Humberside 2,412 1,109 3,521 620 508 1,128 4,649
North Yorkshire (North Allerton) 5,502 2,006 7,508 1,282 962 2,244 9,752
North Yorkshire (Beverley) 619 273 892 146 118 264 1,156
South Yorkshire 926 344 1,270 312 201 513 1,783
West Yorkshire 1,707 515 2,222 971 386 1,357 3,579
Yorkshire and Humberside 11,166 4,247 15,413 3,331 2,175 5,506 20,919
Derbyshire 2,422 728 3,150 816 466 1,282 4,432
Leicestershire 1,807 666 2,473 520 338 858 3,331
Lincolnshire 4,004 1,638 5,642 1,065 893 1,958 7,600
Northamptonshire 1,213 450 1,663 392 281 673 2,336
Nottinghamshire 1,304 559 1,863 348 284 632 2,495
East Midlands Region 10,750 4,041 14,791 3,141 2,262 5,403 20,194
Cambridgeshire 2,497 921 3,418 667 513 1,180 4,598
Norfolk 3,189 1,082 4,271 1,121 691 1,812 6,083
Suffolk 2,242 870 3,112 757 524 1,281 4,393
East Anglia Region 7,928 2,873 10,801 2,545 1,728 4,273 15,074
Bedfordshire 858 332 1,190 218 167 385 1,575
Berkshire 460 136 596 265 119 384 980
Buckinghamshire 1,085 326 1,411 503 280 783 2,194
East Sussex 1,185 315 1,500 677 295 972 2,472
Essex 2,151 872 3,023 675 597 1,272 4,295
Greater London (E) 99 26 125 21 24 45 170
Greater London (SE) 169 67 236 77 35 112 348
Hampshire 1,665 518 2,183 771 410 1,181 3,364
Hertfordshire 720 268 988 236 177 413 1,401
Isle of Wight 323 84 407 107 63 170 577
Kent 2,328 702 3,030 1,316 734 2,050 5,080
Oxfordshire 1,263 428 1,691 472 298 770 2,461
Surrey 833 190 1,023 548 228 776 1,799
West Sussex 1,179 331 1,510 556 285 841 2,351
South East Region 14,318 4,595 18,913 6,442 3,712 10,154 29,067
Avon 1,308 357 1,665 450 212 662 2,327
Cornwall 4,405 1,111 5,516 1,600 750 2,350 7,866
Devon 7,348 1,821 9,169 1,999 1,111 3,110 12,279
Dorset 1,800 518 2,318 697 435 1,132 3,450
Gloucestershire 1,937 542 2,479 784 397 1,181 3,660
Isles of Scilly 47 6 53 9 8 17 70

Mr. MacGregor

A note setting out the volume of EC intervention stocks of agricultural commodities which includes only the surplus quantities held in EC intervention is deposited in the Library of the House and is updated monthly. The estimated book value of the EC stocks excluding depreciation, set out in the most recently deposited note, is £4.0 billion.

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