§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the approximate average net profit for dairy farmers in each year since 1985.
§ Sir Hector MonroInformation on incomes of full-time dairy farms and other farm types is collected in the Scottish farm accounts scheme and published each year in "Farm Incomes in Scotland" and "Farm Incomes in the United Kingdom". The latest editions of these publications show incomes for 1991–92 and 1992–93. Incomes for 1993–94 will be published in "Farm Incomes in Scotland" in February.
Longer-term trends in income are given in both publications by means of an index series back to 1986–87, the earliest year for which data are available on a consistent basis.
Both publications are available in the House of Commons Library.