HC Deb 18 March 1994 vol 239 cc904-5W
Dr. Strang

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to her answer of 28 February,Official Report, column 592, if she will provide the same information from the annual farm census for farms within an area coterminous with each of the local surveys conducted by the universities and colleges in connection with the annual farm business survey.

Mrs. Shephard

[holding answer 10 March 1994]: The information requested is shown in the following tables for those farms covered by the Farm Business Survey, that is, larger than eight ESU classified in the June 1992 agricultural census as cattle and sheep farms in the less-favoured areas as a whole or in the severely disadvantaged areas. Unweighted farm business survey results do not provide valid estimates for comparison with census results.