HC Deb 21 July 1994 vol 247 cc543-4W
Dr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is his latest estimate of the number of persons whose pay and conditions are covered by the Scottish agricultural wages board, for each region of Scotland;

(2) what is his latest estimate of the total number of persons whose pay and conditions are covered by the Scottish agricultural wages board.

Sir Hector Monro

At 1 June 1993 the number of persons employed on agricultural holdings by region and Scotland was:

Number
Shetland 280
Orkney 563
Western Isles 257
Highland 1,887
Grampian 4,963
Tayside 3,255
Fife 1,550
Lothian 1,639
Borders 2,303
Central 942
Strathclyde 5,030
Dumfries and Galloway 3,630
Scotland 26,299