§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the amount of land in each county under oil seed rape since 1987.
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§ Mr. GummerThe information requested is given in the following table. Data are taken from the 1987 to 1990 June agricultural censuses and hence exclude estimates for minor holdings not in the annual census.
Census of Agriculture June 1987–90 Distribution of oil seed rape area by county '000 hectares 1987 1988 1989 1990 Avon 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 Bedfordshire 7.9 7.3 6.2 7.9 Berkshire 2.8 2.4 2.7 3.3 Buckinghamshire 6.4 5.9 6.0 7.4 Cambridgeshire 18.5 16.5 15.9 19.2 Cheshire 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.8 Cleveland 2.3 2.1 1.9 2.8 Cornwall inc Scilly Isles 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 Cumbria 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 Derbyshire 3.7 3.6 3.0 3.4 Devon 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 Dorset 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.4 Durham 5.3 4.9 4.8 6.8 East Sussex 2.1 2.1 1.7 2.2 Essex 22.5 21.3 20.5 22.8 Gloucestershire 5.5 5.3 5.5 7.1 Greater London 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 Greater Manchester 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 Hampshire 6.2 4.8 4.7 6.1 Hereford and Worcester 5.3 4.7 4.6 5.8 Hertfordshire 8.6 7.3 7.4 8.8 Humberside 25.7 23.1 21.0 24.5 Isle of Wight 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 Kent 14.4 12.9 11.4 15.1 Lancashire 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.3 Leicestershire 13.4 12.7 11.6 14.1 Lincolnshire 40.7 34.8 32.0 38.6 Mersey side 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 788W
Divisional office Environmentally sensitive areas Farm and conservation grant scheme Farm diversification grant scheme Farm woodland scheme Hill livestock compensatory allowances Sheep annual premium scheme Suckler cow premium scheme Set-aside £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 South western region Exeter — 2,350 221 46 3,360 9,273 2,625 283 Gloucester — 1,222 206 144 — 3,551 1,331 1,376 Taunton 822 2,001 207 4 1,161 4,311 1,380 377 Truro 327 667 131 9 992 3,288 1,554 219 Eastern region Chelmsford — 260 95 31 — 528 388 1,183 Huntingdon — 148 33 71 — 2,497 647 1,530 Lincoln — 221 42 27 — 1,064 872 526 Norwich 3,286 545 93 133 — 1,035 1,043 1,279 Northern region Beverley 201 513 52 20 1,024 2,130 1,329 310 Carlisle 64 1,530 85 19 7,654 10,618 2,393 66 Newcastle 372 356 90 29 7,338 9,093 4,153 400 Northallerton 534 1,201 160 24 4,860 8,504 1,959 165 South eastern region Guildford 26 478 61 42 — 2,132 1,068 1,245 Maidstone 605 428 177 14 — 3,919 718 802 Oxford — 399 89 60 — 2,502 911 1,885 Midlands and Western region Crewe 629 3,698 173 31 2,213 6,643 2,038 390 Nottingham 556 704 81 32 1,221 4,175 1,345 350 Preston — 1,113 59 — 1,688 3,678 828 118 Worcester — 541 84 69 2,679 7,501 1,536 316
1987 1988 1989 1990 Norfolk 11.2 8.9 7.1 9.4 North Yorkshire 19.6 17.5 16.4 19.5 Northamptonshire 18.6 16.4 16.0 18.3 Northumberland 7.1 6.7 6.9 10.0 Nottinghamshire 13.5 11.6 10.7 12.5 Oxfordshire 11.6 11.3 10.4 12.7 Shropshire 4.2 3.5 2.9 3.5 Somerset 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.9 South Yorkshire 6.1 6.0 5.3 5.8 Staffordshire 4.5 4.1 3.3 4.0 Suffolk 17.5 13.3 12.6 13.9 Surrey 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 Tyne and Wear 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.5 Warwickshire 10.4 9.4 8.8 9.9 West Midlands 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 West Sussex 3.7 3.0 2.9 3.6 West Yorkshire 3.1 2.9 2.6 3.0 Wiltshire 5.4 5.0 4.6 6.4 England 340.6 303.5 282.7 342.5 Note: Minor holdings are excluded.