§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the counties served, the number of hectares and the number of farmers in each of his Department's divisional offices for agriculture; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe information requested is shown in the table.
Coverage of Welsh Office Divisional Offices1 Divisional Office and Counties served Hectares of agricultural land2 Farmers, partners and directors3 Llandrindod Wells Powys; South, Mid and West Glamorgan; Gwent 559,635 11,835 Carmarthen Dyfed 453,589 12,099 Caernarfon Gwynedd; Clwyd 479,798 9,545 Source: June 1993 agricultural census.
1The figures shown are for the main holdings and therefore exclude the estimated 6,800 minor holdings in Wales which account for 18,700 hectares of land. Minor holdings data are not available at below national level.
2Excludes common rough grazing land.
3Farmers, partners and directors working whole-time or part-time on farm holdings on 1 June 1993. Excludes wives/husbands of farmers, partners and directors, even if the wives/husbands themselves may be partners or directors.