§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many less-favoured area hill farmers there were on land designated(a) a special development area and (b) development area, for each year since 1979 for England as a whole and for each county.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe table shows estimates of the number of LFA farms classified as SDA or DA are obtained from the annual June agricultural census. This information is available on a consistent basis only for the years 1987–1993.
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County 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 DA 205 237 256 250 260 258 255 England SDA 12,488 12,549 12,584 12,169 12,157 12,173 12,192 DA 7,232 7,288 7,346 7,164 7,236 7,287 7,303 Footnotes:
Source: June Agricultural Census of main holdings. The last minor holdings survey was carried out in 1989, as a result of which a number of holdings were removed from the register of main holdings in 1990.
Very small areas of land have been amalgamated with the LFA areas in adjacent counties in order to avoid disclosure
SDA are holdings with at least half their land in the LFA and at least half of this is the SDA
DA are holdings with at least half their land in the LFA and more than half of this in the DA
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many less-favoured area hill farmers there were for each year since 1979 for England and each county(a) over eight European size units and (b) below eight ESUs.
Number of LFA holdings (wholly or mainly in the LFA) by county and ESU size groups County ESU size group 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Cheshire <8 ESU 105 103 107 104 110 103 107 >=8 ESU 115 115 113 114 108 114 109 Cleveland <8 ESU 37 40 42 34 40 37 37 >=8 ESU 102 98 92 93 87 89 86 Cornwall <8 ESU 792 825 828 710 713 704 680 >=8 ESU 718 699 687 659 639 628 632 Cumbria <8 ESU 602 677 690 643 645 678 712 >=8 ESU 1,882 1,916 1,908 1,897 1,909 1,875 1,870 Derbyshire <8 ESU 627 650 646 614 644 663 661 >=8 ESU 815 799 799 789 777 771 774 Devon <8 ESU 1,160 1,148 1,162 1,115 1,158 1,158 1,209 >=8 ESU 1,470 1,471 1,464 1,449 1,415 1,424 1,384 Durham <8 ESU 461 459 462 419 431 429 441 >=8 ESU 779 778 781 770 741 737 727 Hereford and Worcester <8 ESU 123 124 125 127 134 130 130 >=8 ESU 232 217 220 217 214 223 229 Isles of Scilly <8 ESU 28 32 31 26 19 19 20 >=8 ESU 37 36 37 36 36 31 38 Lancashire <8 ESU 702 707 731 721 720 737 721 >=8 ESU 1,065 1,059 1,043 1,037 1,034 1,051 1,050 Northumberland <8 ESU 384 404 403 363 374 364 363 >=8 ESU 1,165 1,155 1,143 1,150 1,143 1,150 1,136 Shropshire <8 ESU 288 291 274 262 266 285 293 >=8 ESU 470 454 460 441 443 449 457 Somerset <8 ESU 177 187 204 190 192 184 181 >=8 ESU 242 242 239 232 218 220 220 Staffordshire <8 ESU 471 495 502 448 441 451 463 >=8 ESU 569 550 534 535 536 534 533 Greater Manchester <8 ESU 110 117 121 150 165 174 181 >=8 ESU 119 119 123 142 147 158 153 South Yorkshire <8 ESU 79 81 98 96 102 100 104 >=8 ESU 143 152 166 163 161 161 158 North Yorkshire <8 ESU 563 574 596 578 604 641 663 >=8 ESU 1,710 1,682 1,667 1,664 1,658 1,636 1,623 West Yorkshire <8 ESU 887 880 925 837 856 839 843 >=8 ESU 491 501 507 508 513 513 507 England <8 ESU 7,596 7,794 7,947 7,437 7,614 7,696 7,809 >=8 ESU 12,124 12,043 11,983 11,896 11,779 11,764 11,686 Footnotes:
Source: June Agricultural Census of main holdings. The last minor holdings survey was carried out in 1989, as a result of which a number of holdings were removed from the register of main holdings in 1990.
Very small areas of land have been amalgamated with the LFA areas in adjacent counties in order to avoid disclosure.
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many less-favoured area hill farmers of(a) less than eight European size units and (b) over eight ESUs operate as a proportion of all LFA hill farmers and all farmers in the English LFA and in each county.
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§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardEstimates of the number of farms wholly or mainly in the LFA, classified by the two ESU size groups, are contained in the table. This information is available on a consistent basis only for the years 1987–1993.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe table shows, for each county in England, the number of holdings wholly or mainly in the LFA which are less than eight ESU and more than or equal to eight ESU as a proportion of all holdings that are wholly or mainly in the LFA. In addition it shows the number of holdings wholly or mainly in the LFA as a proportion of all holdings with land in the LFA.
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June 1993 Proportion of the number of holdings (wholly or mainly in the LFA) Number of holdings (wholly or mainly in the LFA) as a proportion of all holdings in the LFA less than 8 ESUs Percentage 8 ESUs or more Percentage Percentage Cheshire 49.5 50.5 89.6 Cleveland 30.1 69.9 93.2 Cornwall 51.8 48.2 87.2 Cumbria 27.6 72.4 80.6 Derbyshire 46.1 53.9 96.3 Devon 46.6 53.4 95.5 Durham 37.8 62.2 97.7 Hereford and Worcester 36.2 63.8 79.8 Isles of Scilly 34.5 65.5 100.0 Lancashire 40.7 59.3 92.9 Northumberland 24.2 75.8 91.6 Shropshire 39.1 60.9 83.4 Somerset 45.1 54.9 93.0 Staffordshire 46.5 53.5 95.6 Greater Manchester 54.2 45.8 93.8 South Yorkshire 39.7 60.3 96.0 North Yorkshire 29.0 71.0 90.6 West Yorkshire 62.4 37.6 94.5 ENGLAND 40.1 59.59 90.8 Notes:
The proportions are based on counts of holdings.
Source: 1993 June Agricultural Census of main holdings.
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the average occupancy rate of a hill farm in England.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardI regret that the information requested is not available.