HC Deb 04 June 1991 vol 192 cc222-3W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farmers, partners, directors and farm workers were employed on a county-by-county basis in Scotland in June 1990.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 3 June 1991]: Scottish counties ceased to be used for agricultural statistics purposes after 1975 following local government reform. The number of farmers, spouses doing farm work and farm workers employed on main holdings in June 1990, by local authority region, is shown in the table. Partners and directors are not separately enumerated in the census, but are included either as farmers or farm workers.

Region Number of farmers Number of spouses doing farm work Number of farm workers
Borders 1,296 512 2,492
Central 771 379 1,032
Dumfries and Galloway 2,282 1,064 3,846

Region Number of farmers Number of spouses doing farm work Number of farm workers
Fife 722 270 1,704
Grampian 4,643 1,829 5,198
Highland 2,755 1,079 2,103
Lothian 730 309 1,673
Strathclyde 4,101 2,165 5,391
Tayside 2,066 806 3,706
Islands 2,141 982 963
Scotland 21,507 9,395 28,108