§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in rank order the acreage under sugar beet in(a) each county and (b) each region. [15501]
§ Mr. JackThe information requested has been compiled from the June 1994 agricultural census of England and Wales and is as follows:
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June 1994 Agricultural Census Sugar Beet Coverage Area County Hectares Acres Norfolk 57,012.2 140,877.1 Lincolnshire 33,600.0 83,025.6 Suffolk 22,974.3 56,769.5
June 1994 Agricultural Census Sugar Beet Coverage Area County Hectares Acres Cambridgeshire 22,878.4 56,532.5 Shropshire 10,103.8 24,966.5 Humberside 9,439.2 23,324.3 Nottinghamshire 8,281.1 20,462.6 North Yorkshire (Northallerton) 7,918.1 19,565.6 North Yorkshire (Beverley) 4,538.6 11,214.9 Hereford and Worcester 4,486.3 11,085.6 Essex 4,219.9 10,427.4 Staffordshire 2,335.6 5,771.3 South Yorkshire 1,770.1 4,373.9 Leicestershire 920.0 2,273.3 Bedfordshire 482.3 1,191.8 Northamptonshire 417.7 1,032.1 Somerset 411.5 1,016.8 West Yorkshire 405.2 1,001.2 Lancashire 337.5 834.0 Derbyshire 304.2 751.7 Merseyside 223.6 552.5 West Midlands 170.7 421.8 Hertfordshire 168.1 415.4 Cheshire 160.5 396.6 Gloucestershire 149.0 368.2 Warwickshire 148.1 366.0 Cornwall 142.4 351.9 Oxfordshire 120.1 296.8 Wiltshire 117.1 289.4 Clwyd 66.3 163.8 Dorset 63.2 156.2 Devon 52.5 129.7 Greater Manchester 41.0 101.3 Powys 17.4 43.0 Buckinghamshire 10.0 24.7 Dyfed 8.1 20.0 Gwynedd 5.3 13.1 South Glamorgan 3.3 8.2 Hampshire 1.0 2.5 Kent 0.4 1.0 Avon 0.0 0.0 Berkshire 0.0 0.0 Cleveland 0.0 0.0 Cumbria 0.0 0.0 Durham 0.0 0.0 East Sussex 0.0 0.0 Greater London (E) 0.0 0.0 Greater London (SE) 0.0 0.0 Gwent 0.0 0.0 Isle of Wight 0.0 0.0 Isles of Scilly 0.0 0.0 Mid Glamorgan 0.0 0.0 Northumberland 0.0 0.0 Surrey 0.0 0.0 Tyne and Wear 0.0 0.0 West Glamorgan 0.0 0.0 West Sussex 0.0 0.0 England 194,403.7 480,371.5 Wales 100.4 248.1 England and Wales 194,504.1 480.619.6 489W
June 1994 Agricultural Census Sugar Coverage (by Region) Counties within Regions Area Hectares Acres Cambridgeshire 22,878.4 56,532.5 Norfolk 57,012.2 140,877.1 Suffolk 22,974.3 56,769.5 East Anglia Region 102,864.9 254,179.2 Derbyshire 304.2 751.7 490W
June 1994 Agricultural Census Sugar Beet Coverage (by region) Counties within Regions Area Hectares Acres Leicestershire 920.0 2,273.3 Lincolnshire 33,600.0 83,025.6 Northamptonshire 417.7 1032.1 Nottinghamshire 8,281.1 20,462.6 East Midlands Region 43,523 107,545.3 Humberside 9,439.2 23,324.3 North Yorkshire (Beverley) 4,538.6 11,214.9 North Yorkshire (N'allerton) 7,918.1 19,565.6 South Yorkshire 1,770.1 4,373.9 West Yorkshire 405.2 1,001.2 Yorkshire/Humberside 24,071.2 59,479.9 Hereford and Worcester 4,486.3 11,085.6 Shropshire 10,103.8 24,966.5 Staffordshire 2,335.6 5,771.3 Warwickshire 148.1 366.0 West Midlands 170.7 421.8 West Midlands Region 17,244.5 42,611.2 Bedfordshire 482.3 1,191.8 Berkshire 0.0 0.0 Buckinghamshire 10.0 24.7 East Sussex 0.0 0.0 Essex 4,219.9 10,427.4 Greater London (E) 0.0 0.0 Greater London (SE) 0.0 0.0 Hampshire 1.0 2.5 Hertfordshire 168.1 415.4 Isle of Wight 0.0 0.0 Kent 0.4 1.0 Oxfordshire 120.1 296.8 Surrey 0.0 0.0 West Sussex 0.0 0.0 South East Region 5,001.8 12,359.4 Avon 0.0 0.0 Cornwall 142.4 351.9 Devon 52.5 129.7 Dorset 63.2 156.2 Gloucestershire 149.0 368.2 Isles of Scilly 0.0 0.0 Somerset 411.5 1,016.8 Wiltshire 117.1 289.4 South West Region 935.7 2,312.1 Cheshire 160.5 396.6 Lancashire 337.5 834.0 Merseyside 223.6 552.5 Greater Manchester 41.0 101.3 North West Region 762.6 1,884.4 Clwyd 66.3 163.8 Dyfed 8.1 20.0 Gwent 0.0 0.0 Gwynedd 5.3 13.1 Mid Glamorgan 0.0 0.0 Powys 17.4 43.0 South Glamorgan 3.3 8.2 West Glamorgan 0.0 0.0 Wales 100.4 248.1 Cleveland 0.0 0.0 Cumbria 0.0 0.0 Durham 0.0 0.0
June 1994 Agricultural Census Sugar Beet Coverage (by Region) Counties within Regions Area Hectares Acres Northumberland 0.0 0.0 Tyne and Wear 0.0 0.0 North Region 0.0 0.0 Notes:
1. County totals in acres may not add up to regional totals, this is due to rounding to 1 decimal place.
2. This data relates to main holdings only—minor holdings excluded.