§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the number of people employed full time in the farming industry in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. CurryThe number of people employed full-time on agricultural holdings in England as at June for each of the last 10 years is shown in the table.
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1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Whole-time farmers, partners, directors (doing farm work) 132.9 131.7 129.8 128.7 126.7 124.5 122.4 118.9 115.0 113.9 TOTAL 330.9 322.2 317.6 308.2 299.2 291.2 282.0 278.3 266.9 261.9 1 Spouses of farmers, partners, directors are excluded. Family workers without a contract of employment are also excluded. 2 All salaried managers and seasonal or casual workers are included. The numbers of these which are full-time are not known.