Straw Disposal Survey (Hansard, 24 May 1994)

§ Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans she has to undertake a survey of straw disposal and utilisation following the 1994 harvest; and what are her plans in respect of the future publication of the results of the straw disposal survey.

Number of LFA holdings (wholly or mainly in the LFA) designated as wholly or mainly SDA or DA by County
County		1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Cheshire	SDA	181	179	181	179	178	176	174
	DA	39	39	39	39	40	41	42
Cleveland	SDA	121	120	115	108	107	106	103
	DA	18	18	19	19	20	20	20
Cornwall	SDA	168	169	163	147	147	142	140
	DA	1,342	1,355	1,352	1,222	1,205	1,190	1,172
Cumbria	SDA	1,873	1,975	1,988	1,938	1,949	1,952	1,972
	DA	611	618	610	602	605	601	610
Derbyshire	SDA	1,128	1,131	1,126	1,085	1,094	1,104	1,103
	DA	314	318	319	318	327	330	332
Devon	SDA	1,279	1,272	1,262	1,237	1,226	1,231	1,234
	DA	1,351	1,347	1,364	1,327	1,347	1,351	1,359
Durham	SDA	1,053	1,052	1,061	1,004	982	980	977
	DA	187	185	182	185	190	186	191
Hereford and Worcester	SDA	223	210	208	207	210	207	206
	DA	132	131	137	137	138	146	153
Isles of Scilly	SDA	65	68	68	62	55	50	58
	DA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lancashire	SDA	1,001	997	996	936	927	923	911
	DA	766	769	778	822	827	865	860
Northumberland	SDA	1,360	1,374	1,361	1,332	1,330	1,329	1,316
	DA	189	185	185	181	187	185	183
Shropshire	SDA	433	420	414	411	414	440	449
	DA	325	325	320	292	295	294	301
Somerset	SDA	369	381	395	376	365	357	355
	DA	50	48	48	46	45	47	46
Staffordshire	SDA	323	325	323	319	320	321	326
	DA	717	720	713	664	657	664	670
Greater Manchester	SDA	128	134	138	144	155	162	162
	DA	101	102	106	148	157	170	172
South Yorkshire	SDA	82	83	95	94	94	91	92
	DA	140	150	169	165	169	170	170
North Yorkshire	SDA	1,528	1,515	1,514	1,495	1,495	1,508	1,519
	DA	745	741	749	747	767	769	767
West Yorkshire	SDA	1,173	1,144	1,176	1,095	1,109	1,094	1,095

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