HC Deb 17 March 1994 vol 239 cc813-4W
Mr. Sweeney

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the average net annual income of farm owners in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Jack

The farm business survey collects data from a sample of farms throughout the United Kingdom which are classified as full-time holdings. Results are not readily available for the United Kingdom as a whole, but the table provides information on the occupier's net income for wholly owner-occupied farms in each of the four home countries in 1992–93.

Occupier's net income on wholly owner occupied farms 1992–931
Average for all types of farm £ thousand
England 19.1
Wales 14.6
Scotland2 16.7
Northern Ireland 9.1
1 Occupier's net income represents the return to the principal farmer and spouse for their manual and managerial labour and investment in the farm business.
2 Includes holdings which are wholly and mainly owner occupied.