HC Deb 04 May 1995 vol 259 c278W
Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of(a) farmers and (b) farm workers for each year since 1988, giving the figures on a percentage of the Scottish population. [21858]

Sir Hector Monro

The figures are as follows:

Year Number of barnacle licences Number of whitefront licences
1982–83 14
1983–84 50
1984–85 34
1985–86 26
1986–87 29
1987–88 40 13
1988–89 30 2
1989–90 28 8
1990–91 24 13
1991–92 26 12
1992–93 6 2
1993–94 2 1
1994–95 2 2