§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many holdings in each county in England had entered into the five-year set-aside scheme in the year 1992–93.
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§ Mr. JackThe table gives the total number of holdings which had entered into an agreement under the scheme in each county up to 1992 when the scheme closed. These figures do not take account of subsequent withdrawals or transfers of ownership. Information on these could be included only at disproportionate cost.
Five Year set-aside scheme: number of holdings by county Number of holdings Avon 56 Bedfordshire 86 Berkshire 64 Buckinghamshire 161 Cambridgeshire 138 Cheshire 41 Cleveland 9 Cornwall 136 Cumbria 12 Derbyshire 43 Devon 78 Dorset 60 Durham 29 Essex 179 Gloucestershire 139 Greater London 19 Greater Manchester 9 Hampshire 110 Hereford and Worcestershire 78 Hertfordshire 77 Humberside 72 Isle of Wight 10 Kent 172 Lancashire 16 Leicestershire 56 Lincolnshire 104 Merseyside 14 West Midlands 6 Norfolk 155 Northamptonshire 119 Northumberland 45 Nottinghamshire 42 Oxfordshire 172 Shropshire 36 Somerset 62 Staffordshire 47 Suffolk 228 Surrey 60 East Sussex 105 West Sussex 94 Tyne and Wear 18 Warwickshire 87 Wiltshire 114 North Yorkshire 114 South Yorkshire 20 West Yorkshire 15 England 3,507