§ 1990. Mr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the hectarage, number of holdings and numbers of tenants of agricultural land owned by his Ministry in each region in Scotland in(a) 1980 and (b)
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation relating to agricultural land owned by the Secretary of State is set out in table 1. The Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department has provided information relating to the Highland Estates for 1983 and 1990. Prior to 1983 the detail was not held in the format requested. In the case of the lowland estates records were never held in that format. Consequently the information in respect of the lowland estates is presented in summary form.
Relevant information provided by the Forestry Commission is presented in summary form separately in table 2.
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1983 1990 Region Hectarage Holdings/Lets1 Hectarage Holdings/Lets1 Orkney Islands 280 9 247 4 Shetland Islands 2,247 62 2,161 15 Total 128,331 1,474 120,494 1,420 Lowlands Lowlands Total 5,202 276 967 59 Grand Total for SOAFD 133,533 1,750 121,461 1,479 1 The number of holdings/lets may differ slightly from the number of "tenants" because of multiple tenancies.
Table 2 Government land managed by the forestry commission position as at 30 March 1990 Conservancy Area of agricultural land (hectares) Number of tenancies1 Number of grazing lets North 24,800 162 74 Mid 14,100 54 61 South 10,400 39 37 Total 49,300 255 172 1 This includes crofting tenancies. Note: The total area of agricultural land managed by the Forestry Commission at 30 March 1990 was about 104,000 hectares.