§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was(a) the number of agricultural holdings and (b) the hectarage of agricultural land in each county in England in (i) 1995 and (ii) 1996. [775]
§ Mr. BoswellThe information requested for 1995 is set out in the table. Equivalent information is not yet available for 1996. 55W
Number of holdings1 Area2 ha Avon 2,032 81,383 Bedfordshire 1,174 89,285 Berkshire 842 71,456 Buckinghamshire 1,853 123,870 Cambridgeshire 3,283 281,529 Cheshire 4,180 166,038 Cleveland 429 27,616 Cornwall 6,679 276,045 Cumbria 6,270 461,830 Derbyshire 3,837 185,206 Devon 11,513 521,705 Dorset 2,949 196,627 Durham 2,169 156,081 Essex 3,554 263,693 Gloucestershire 3,389 204,613 Greater London 431 13,819 Greater Manchester 1,454 40,215 Hampshire 2,981 226,024 Hereford and Worcester 6,531 307,935 Hertfordshire 1,313 103,265 Humberside 3,391 284,561 Isle of Wight 487 25,859 Kent 4,078 246,643 Lancashire 5,307 215,116 Leicestershire 2,888 194,120 Lincolnshire 5,530 51 9,807 Merseyside 454 19,458 Norfolk 4,949 428,769 Northamptonshire 2,014 184,214 Northumberland 2,335 382,370 Nottinghamshire 1,987 149,672 Oxfordshire 2,077 203,110 Shropshire 4,728 283,205 Somerset 5,794 272,248 Staffordshire 4,640 195,244 Suffolk 3,443 304,483 Surrey 1,696 65,345 East Sussex 2,227 112,718 West Sussex 2,225 123,331 Tyne and Wear 271 13,485 Warwickshire 2,403 153,476 West Midlands 459 15,014 Wiltshire 3,062 266,171 North Yorkshire 8,420 628,643 South Yorkshire 1,395 84,259 West Yorkshire 2,989 97,122 1Main holdings only (account for some 99 per cent. of agricultural land). 2Exluding common rought grazing.