§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in the farming industry in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement. [32333]
§ Mr. BoswellStatistics on the number of people working on agricultural holdings are collected by the annual agricultural census. The results from 1982 are published in "The Digest of Agricultural Census Statistics" and figures prior to 1982 are available in "Agricultural Statistics United Kingdom".