§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many dairy cows there were in England and the European Community, respectively(a) in each of the five years from 1986 to 1990 and (b) on average for the years between 1979 and 1981, inclusive.
Mr. Curry: The information requested is in the table:
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Dairy cow numbers in European Community and England at December each year Source: Eurostat ('000 head) 1979–81 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 England 2,380 2,292 2,150 2,098 2,072 2,043 European Community 224,947 25,719 124,680 24,166 23,780 13,209 1 Provisional as at 1 March 1991. 2 Excluding, Portugal, Spain and Greece. Note: These figures are not directly compatible with those published in the table 5017 of Agriculture in the united kingdom 1990 which refers to populations in June, because for European Community purposes populations are normally measured at December of each year.