HC Deb 07 March 1988 vol 129 cc84-5W
Ms. Quin

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of sheep farmed in each county of Scotland in the following years: 1975, 1980, 1983, 1986 and 1987.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The total number of sheep recorded in the annual June agricultural census for each of the Scottish local government islands areas and regions is set out in the table. After the 1986 census, 6,000 very small scale holdings with a total of 203,000 sheep were excluded from subsequent annual censuses.

1975 1980 1983 1986 1987
Grampian 563 586 644 662 702
Tayside 732 726 744 799 807
Fife 106 103 102 101 104
Lothian 240 237 244 237 248
Borders 1,190 1,250 1,263 1,303 1,347
Central 354 355 377 397 410
Strathclyde 1,553 1,623 1,668 1,774 1,835
Dumfries and Galloway 1,074 1,145 1,230 1,354 1,387
SCOTLAND 7,536 7,720 8,024 8,515 8,600

Note:

Individual figures may not agree with totals due to rounding.