HC Deb 04 June 1992 vol 208 c637W
16. Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the total number of agricultural holdings in Britain (i) in 1979 and (ii) in 1992; and if he will give the Government's estimate of the number of agricultural holdings in the year 2000.

Mr. Curry

In 1979 the total was 295,000 and in 1991, the latest for which figures are available, there were 274,000. No forecast is available for the year 2000.