HC Deb 05 March 1993 vol 220 c364W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were employed in the dairy industry in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.

Sir Hector Monro

[holding answer 4 March 1993]: The information sought is not held centrally. Estimates of the number of people employed on dairy farms are set out in the following table:

Year On-farm
1982 11,756
1983 11,680
1984 11,288
1985 10,737
1986 10,230
1987 9,994
1988 9,494
1989 9,340
1990 9,323
1991 9,018
1992 8,636