§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the number of(a) cows and (b) herds of cows in each county of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. GummerThe tables show the number of agricultural holdings which had beef or dairy cows at the June 1989 agricultural census, for each county of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, together with the number of cows on those holdings. For Scotland, where county data are not available, the information is by local authority districts
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June 1989 census (England and Wales) Distribution of breeding cows (dairy and beef) by county England and Wales County within region Number England and Wales Dairy and beef cows 3,145,842 Holdings with cows 72,985 England Dairy and beef cows 2,624,366 Holdings with cows 57,035 North Region Dairy and beef cows 326,628 Holdings with cows 6,954 Cleveland Dairy and beef cows 6,726 Holdings with cows 171 Cumbria Dairy and beef cows 206,175 Holdings with cows 4,252 Durham Dairy and beef cows 40,609 Holdings with cows 1,158 Northumberland Dairy and beef cows 69,885 Holdings with cows 1,287 Tyne and Wear Dairy and beef cows 3,233 Holdings with cows 86 Yorkshire/Humberside Region Dairy and beef cows 228,767 Holdings with cows 6,380 Humberside Dairy and beef cows 21,312 Holdings with cows 709 North Yorkshire Dairy and beef cows 147,084 (North Allerton) Holdings with cows 3,699 North Yorkshire (Beverley) Dairy and beef cows 4,977 Holdings with cows 177 South Yorkshire Dairy and beef cows 17,951 Holdings with cows 508 West Yorkshire Dairy and beef cows 37,443 Holdings with cows 1,287 East Midlands Region Dairy and beef cows 210,910 Holdings with cows 5,164 Derbyshire Dairy and beef cows 81,028 Holdings with cows 1,998 Leicestershire Dairy and beef cows 49,465 Holdings with cows 1,111 Lincolnshire Dairy and beef cows 35,194 Holdings with cows 1,005 Northamptonshire Dairy and beef cows 23,229 Holdings with cows 552 Nottinghamshire Dairy and beef cows 21,994 Holdings with cows 498 East Anglia Region Dairy and beef cows 65,939 Holdings with cows 1,846 Cambridgeshire Dairy and beef cows 8,210 Holdings with cows 328 Norfolk Dairy and beef cows 36,695 Holdings with cows 945
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County within region Number Suffolk Dairy and beef cows 21,034 Holdings with cows 573 South East Region Dairy and beef cows 289,109 Holdings with cows 5,991 Bedfordshire Dairy and beef cows 6,644 Holdings with cows 181 Berkshire Dairy and beef cows 13,907 Holdings with cows 261 Buckinghamshire Dairy and beef cows 27,238 Holdings with cows 586 East Sussex Dairy and beef cows 28,416 Holdings with cows 699 Essex Dairy and beef cows 17,826 Holdings with cows 425 Greater London (East) Dairy and beef cows 774 Holdings with cows 21 Greater London (South East) Dairy and beef cows 2,209 Holdings with cows 46 Hampshire Dairy and beef cows 51,519 Holdings with cows 876 Hertfordshire Dairy and beef cows 13,445 Holdings with cows 282 Isle of Wight Dairy and beef cows 9,481 Holdings with cows 204 Kent Dairy and beef cows 27,844 Holdings with cows 769 Oxfordshire Dairy and beef cows 36,444 Holdings with cows 671 Surrey Dairy and beef cows 21,188 Holdings with cows 445 West Sussex Dairy and beef cows 32,174 Holdings with cows 525 South West Region Dairy and beef cows 862,334 Holdings with cows 17,325 Avon Dairy and beef cows 47,421 Holdings with cows 907 Cornwall Dairy and beef cows 136,727 Holdings with cows 3,614 Devon Dairy and beef cows 244,028 Holdings with cows 5,836 Dorset Dairy and beef cows 112,173 Holdings with cows 1,543 Gloucestershire Dairy and beef cows 61,642 Holdings with cows 1,261 Isles of Stilly Dairy and beef cows 87 Holdings with cows 27 Somerset Dairy and beef cows 165,071 Holdings with cows 2,850 Wiltshire Dairy and beef cows 95,185 Holdings with cows 1,287 West Midlands Region Dairy and beef cows 357,377 Holdings with cows 8,114 Hereford and Worcester Dairy and beef cows 77,121 Holdings with cows 2,254 Shropshire Dairy and beef cows 125,073 Holdings with cows 2,489 Staffordshire Dairy and beef cows 117,383 Holdings with cows 2,441 Warwickshire Dairy and beef cows 32,928 Holdings with cows 782 West Midlands Dairy and beef cows 4,872 Holdings with cows 148
County within region Number North West Region Dairy and beef cows 283,302 Holdings with cows 5,261 Cheshire Dairy and beef cows 149,301 Holdings with cows 2,127 Greater Manchester Dairy and beef cows 16,428 Holdings with cows 561 Lancashire Dairy and beef cows 113,819 Holdings with cows 2,500 Merseyside Dairy and beef cows 3,754 Holdings with cows 73 Wales Dairy and beef cows 521,476 Holdings with cows 15,950 Clwyd Dairy and beef cows 78,977 Holdings with cows 2,019 Dyfed Dairy and beef cows 227,171 Holdings with cows 6,221 Gwent Dairy and beef cows 32,877 Holdings with cows 1,019 Gwynedd Dairy and beef cows 52,157 Holdings with cows 2,261 Mid Glamorgan Dairy and beef cows 11,207 Holdings with cows 454 Powys Dairy and beef cows 99,103 Holdings with cows 3,345 South Glamorgan Dairy and beef cows 10,182 Holdings with cows 222 West Glamorgan Dairy and beef cows 9,802 Holdings with cows 409
Northern Ireland County with region Number Northern Ireland total Dairy and beef cows 501,628 Holdings with cows 20,916 County Antrim Dairy and beef cows 106,368 Holdings with cows 3,511 County Armagh Dairy and beef cows 51,989 Holdings with cows 2,637 County Down Dairy and beef cows 90,294 Holdings with cows 3,470 County Fermanagh Dairy and beef cows 70,699 Holdings with cows 3,273 County Londonderry Dairy and beef cows 63,354 Holdings with cows 2,618 County Tyrone Dairy and beef cows 118,924 Holdings with cows 5,407
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Scotland Local authority district Number of cows Number of holdings Shetland 2,576 218 Orkney 33,507 838 Western Isles 2,364 270 Caithness 20,142 517 Sutherland 4,234 225 Ross and Cromarty 12,906 325 Skye and Lochalsh 2,798 213 Lochaber 2,484 106 Inverness 7,,929 190 Badenoch and Strathspey 6,291 109 Nairn 5,163 70 Moray 26,154 484 Banff and Buchan 20,758 574 Gordon 32,886 632 City of Aberdeen 2,555 50 Kincardine and Deeside 21,946 395 Angus 14,108 265
Local authority district Number of cows Number of holdings City of Dundee 2,496 40 Perth and Kinross 28,319 556 Kirkcaldy 3,865 58 North East Fife 9,732 165 Dunfermline 4,642 84 West Lothian 7,601 137 City of Edinburgh 1,662 20 Midlothian 3,739 62 East Lothian 4,416 71 Tweeddale 8,811 141 Ettrick and Lauderdale 13,795 198 Roxburgh 16,392 257 Berwickshire 11,388 175 Clackmannan 1,157 26 Stirling 14,199 322 Falkirk 4,077 109 Argyll and Bute 33,350 731 Dumbarton 4,074 85 City of Glasgow 495 11 Clydebank 303 6 Bearsden and Milngarvie 487 8 Strathkelvin 2,175 50 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1,034 19 Monklands 4,376 80 Motherwell 2,616 49 Hamilton 4,506 76 East Kilbride 10,726 168 Eastwood 3,062 48 Renfew 7,968 137 Inverclyde 2,443 35 Clydesdale 26,113 410 Cunninghame 16,351 288 Kilmarnock and Loudon 16,741 250 Cumnock and Doon Valley 20,266 291 Kyle and Carrick 29,398 401 Wigtown 49,026 588 Stewartry 36,043 435 Nithsdale 33,833 456 Annandale and Eskdale 32,740 499 Total 693,218 13,023