§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farmers, partners, directors and farmworkers were employed by region in Scotland in June 1980.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe number of farmers, spouses doing farm work and farmworkers employed on main holdings in June 1980, by local authority region, is shown in the following table. Partners and directors are not separately enumerated in the June census but are included either as farmers or farmworkers.
Region Number of farmers Number of spouses doing farm work Number of farmworkers Borders 1,143 309 3,513 Central 738 265 1,322 Dumfries and Galloway 2,352 806 5,176 Fife 755 225 2,623 Grampian 4,826 1,290 7,549 Highland 2,997 938 2,734 Lothian 805 253 2,802 Strathclyde 4,393 1,989 7,316 Tayside 2,025 532 6,212 Islands 3,027 1,265 1,355 Scotland 23,061 7,872 40,602 Note:
The coverage of main holdings has changed since June 1980. In 1986 some 6,000 holdings were transferred from the main to the minor holdings list. At that time these holdings returned 3,480 farmers, 1,071 spouses and 463 farm workers.