§ Mr. SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest available estimate of the income per agriculture holding in Scotland(a) including non-agricultural income and (b) excluding such income.
Information about non-agricultural income is available only from a 1 per cent. sample of the tax records of individuals registered as having a self-employment income from agriculture and horticulture. For the 1985–86 assessment year, the latest available, the average total income per farmer was £11,845, and the average agricultural and horticultural income was £6,368.
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§ Mr. Peter Walker[holding answer 11 April 1989]: The area used to calculate the unemployment figures for the hon. Gentleman's question of 21 March 1989 is shown in the following tables: