HC Deb 21 July 1994 vol 247 cc503-4W
Mr. Tipping

To 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.

Mr. Jack

The 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