§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the counties served, the number of hectares and the number of farmers in each of her Ministry's regional service centres; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. JackThe information requested in respect of the Ministry's nine regional service centres is set out in the table.
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June 1993 census of agriculture and horticulture England1 Regional service centre location and counties covered Total agricultural area (Hectares) Farmers/partners/directors2 (Numbers) Bristol Avon 83,583 2,246 Dorset 198,653 3,412 Somerset 274,254 6,360 Wiltshire 269,449 3,360 Total 825,939 15,378 Cambridge Bedfordshire 91,160 1,450 Cambridgeshire 285,670 4,046 Essex 266,916 4,347 Hertfordshire 104,892 1,478 Norfolk 429,960 5,864 Suffolk 305,843 4,205
Regional service centre location and counties covered Total agricultural area (Hectares) Farmers/partners/directors2 (Numbers) Total 1,484,441 21,390 Carlisle Cumbria 461,185 7,755 Lancashire 221,226 6,441 Northumberland 382,262 2,925 Tyne and Wear 15,442 305 Total 1,080,115 17,426 Crewe Cheshire 168,502 5,003 Merseyside 19,659 596 Greater Manchester 41,074 1,624 Shropshire 286,821 5,742 Staffordshire 197,155 5,130 Total 713,211 18,095 Exeter Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 279,894 7,758 Devon 520,312 12,681 Total 800,206 20,439 Nottingham Derbyshire 186,673 4,450 Leicestershire 197,275 3,307 Lincolnshire 522,994 7,334 Northamptonshire 189,569 2,361 Nottinghamshire 152,207 2,459 Total 1,248,718 19,911 Northallerton Cleveland 29,328 528 Durham 158,136 2,664 Humberside 287,186 4,507 Yorkshire North 637,075 10,621 South 83,235 1,714 West 103,002 3,401 Total 1,297,962 23,435 Reading Berkshire 70,783 829 Buckinghamshire 127,194 2,131 East Sussex 112,163 2,435 Hampshire 227,278 3,267 Isle of Wight 26,494 567 Kent 249,406 4,694 Greater London 14,413 492 Oxfordshire 203,870 2,314 Surrey 68,918 1,810 West Sussex 126,183 2,335 Total 1,226,702 20,874 Worcester Hereford and Worcester 313,880 7,691 Gloucestershire 208,250 3,674 Warwickshire 156,186 2,817 West Midlands MC 15,602 520 Total 693,918 14,702 Total for 9 regional service centres 9,371,212 171,650 1Excluding estimates for minor holdings. 2Excludes spouses of farmers, partners and directors though they themselves may be partners or directors.