HC Deb 01 November 1993 vol 231 cc36-9W
Mr. Hinchiffe

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total number of dairy cattle in England, for each year from 1984 to 1993 for each county.

Mr. Jack

The information requested for the years 1984 to 1992 is shown in the following table. Figures for 1993 are not yet available.

Total number of dairy cattle by county 1984–1992
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
North Region
Cleveland 4,940 4,810 4,908 4,705 4,667 4,557 4,388 4,083 3,990
Cumbria 159,750 155,279 156,453 152,833 148,001 146,024 145,258 143,688 138,698
Durham 21,942 20,184 20,193 18,686 17,920 17,537 17,411 16,783 16,616
Northumberland 15,482 14,575 14,622 13,525 13,244 12,977 12,978 12,430 11,583
Tyne and Wear 2,668 2,608 2,560 2,363 2,330 2,198 2,197 2,024 1,777
204,782 197,456 198,736 192,112 186,162 183,293 182,232 179,008 172,664
Yorkshire and Humberside
Humberside 15,639 14,184 13,774 13,132 11,938 11,425 11,394 10,856 10,105
North Yorkshire 125,515 120,353 120,959 115,457 111,064 108,499 108,774 107,459 104,174
South Yorkshire 14,816 14,000 14,274 13,527 12,961 12,895 12,811 12,169 11,726
West Yorkshire 33,237 31,035 30,490 29,468 28,280 27,273 27,522 26,758 25,655
189,207 179,572 179,497 171,584 164,243 160,092 160,501 157,242 151,660
East Midlands Region
Derbyshire 75,723 72,670 71,808 68,813 66,575 66,189 66,524 63,302 62,140
Leicestershire 47,966 45,509 45,041 43,249 41,488 40,785 40,711 39,349 38,058
Lincolnshire 21,776 19,670 18,960 18,047 17,069 16,583 16,951 16,628 15,375
Northamptonshire 19,170 17,969 17,598 16,709 15,943 15,853 15,669 14,970 14,303
Nottinghamshire 19,822 18,837 18,336 17,889 16,934 17,263 16,983 16,380 15,353
184,457 174,655 171,743 164,707 158,009 156,673 156,838 150,629 145,229
East Anglia Region
Cambridgeshire 4,964 4,454 4,229 4,067 3,780 3,382 3,373 3,516 3,073
Norfolk 29,597 27,437 27,253 25,849 23,830 22,777 23,358 21,832 20,678
Suffolk 20,535 18,269 17,751 16,713 14,971 14,384 14,654 13,463 12,729
55,096 50,160 49,233 46,629 42,581 40,543 41,385 38,811 36,480
South East Region
Bedfordshire 5,476 5,337 5,125 5,128 4,800 4,719 4,654 4,687 4,604
Berkshire 14,502 13,326 12,573 12,466 11,482 10,784 10,954 9,911 8,865
Buckinghamshire 24,166 22,721 22,857 21,504 20,798 19,869 18,817 17,852 17,139
East Sussex 28,480 26,137 26,619 24,491 23,293 22,235 20,675 19,812 18,431
Essex 16,107 14,790 14,288 14,219 13,582 12,995 12,422 11,732 10,564
Greater London 2,633 2,519 2,478 2,512 2,386 2,104 2,266 2,129 2,040
Hampshire 49,398 47,421 45,776 44,350 41,406 40,790 40,087 38,432 36,407
Hertfordshire 11,416 10,259 10,389 9,936 9,535 9,404 8,489 7,442 6,953
Isle of Wight 10,164 9,260 8,821 8,558 7,574 7,671 7,311 6,774 6,454
Kent 25,627 24,663 23,473 21,585 19,850 19,077 18,435 17,110 16,286
Oxfordshire 33,408 31,503 31,534 30,277 28,810 28,071 27,965 26,127 25,561
Surrey 20,551 19,011 18,565 17,288 16,734 16,423 15,523 13,703 12,258
West Sussex 34,498 33,980 33,490 31,449 29,772 26,703 26,504 25,066 24,015
276,426 260,927 255,988 243,763 230,022 220,845 214,102 200,777 189,577
South West Region
Avon 48,121 46,876 47,083 44,489 43,268 42,451 41,581 40,069 36,805
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 116,548 111,818 113,270 110,433 105,084 103,439 103,115 100,630 98,801
Devon 208,527 199,781 199,374 197,738 190,435 188,121 185,808 181,522 176,537
Dorset 115,926 112,405 111,890 108,822 104,247 102,589 102,602 98,177 95,544
Gloucestershire 58,365 56,139 55,832 54,990 51,898 50,521 49,481 47,840 46,293
Somerset 159,175 152,810 151,479 146,358 141,797 140,890 140,541 136,475 132,465
Wiltshire 93,706 90,131 90,764 86,444 82,038 81,323 81,523 77,681 74,354
800,368 769,960 769,692 749,274 718,767 709,334 704,651 682,394 660,799
West Midlands Region
Hereford and Worcester 62,802 59,619 59,253 57,204 54,842 52,405 52,352 50,107 48,796
Shropshire 109,357 105,803 105,346 102,892 99,447 99,100 98,399 95,995 93,219
Staffordshire 113,838 109,414 110,613 105,861 102,318 101,901 102,316 100,253 99,607
Warwickshire 30,898 29,745 29,479 27,711 258,811 25,993 25,911 24,982 23,517
West Midlands 4,582 4,326 4,210 4,029 3,790 3,762 3,644 3,419 3,221
321,477 308,907 308,901 297,697 286,208 283,161 282,622 274,756 268,360
North West Region
Cheshire 152,268 145,976 146,958 144,893 138,046 138,673 138,818 137,139 134,428
Greater Manchester 15,956 14,887 14,891 13,904 13,185 13,009 12,703 12,674 11,759
Lancashire 114,443 110,297 109,796 106,401 102,237 99,749 100,688 99,889 97,429
Merseyside 3,369 3,276 3,311 3,086 3,070 2,830 3,100 2,997 2,955
286,036 274,436 274,956 268,284 256,538 254,261 255,309 252,699 246,571

1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
England Total 2,317,849 2,216,073 2,208,746 2,134,050 2,042,530 2,008,202 1,997,640 1,936,316 1,871,340

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food June Agricultural and Horticultural Census

Note: The data in this table relate to main holdings only i.e. excludes data on minor holdings.

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