§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each year since 1974 the 495W number of people in Scotland employed in (a) agriculture and (b) ancillary trades dependent on agriculture broken down by region. [66604]
Agricultural workers on main and minor agricultural holdings Number Full-time equivalents1 Year Scotland North west North east South east South west Scotland North west North east South east South west Estimated number of ancillary jobs dependent on agriculture in Scotland2 (Ftes) 1976 71,686 14,214 13,972 20,155 23,345 60,537 9,989 12,188 18,083 20,277 — 1977 71,258 13,826 13,823 20,173 23,435 59,891 9,697 12,015 17,959 20,219 — 1978 70,986 13,979 13,576 20,046 23,385 59,391 9,734 11,778 17,790 20,089 — 1979 70,356 14,100 13,407 19,542 23,307 58,556 9,748 11,576 17,346 19,886 47,723 1980 70,041 14,193 13,270 19,446 23,133 57,850 9,675 11,373 17,155 19,647 — 1981 68,187 14,360 12,801 18,437 22,589 56,004 9,702 10,948 16,251 19,103 — 1982 69,075 14,967 13,110 18,355 22,644 56,509 10,174 11,107 16,103 19,125 — 1983 69,232 15,321 12,978 18,190 22,744 56,406 10,373 10,979 15,922 19,131 — 1984 68,433 15,544 12,747 17,635 22,507 55,399 10,451 10,719 15,363 18,866 — 1985 69,056 15,970 12,668 17,739 22,679 55,541 10,686 10,599 15,367 18,889 — 1986 67,749 16,226 12,373 16,927 22,223 54,014 10,759 10,282 14,576 18,398 — 1987 67,260 16,754 12,017 16,621 21,868 53,417 11,101 9,968 14,286 18,061 — 1988 66,899 16,700 11,996 16,367 21,836 53,049 11,108 9,884 14,031 18,026 — 1989 66,145 16,453 11,849 16,095 21,748 52,224 10,955 9,700 13,668 17,901 75,307 1990 67,043 16,735 12,179 16,424 21,705 52,128 10,949 9,800 13,685 17,694 — 1991 66,095 16,638 11,876 16,179 21,402 50,652 10,678 9,362 13,321 17,292 — 1992 65,234 16,527 11,954 15,807 20,946 50,158 10,627 9,478 13,069 16,985 — 1993 64,111 16,260 11,811 15,545 20,495 49,090 10,410 9,310 12,781 16,590 — 1994 65,308 17,206 11,895 15,357 20,850 49,534 10,935 9,298 12,571 16,731 42,500 1995 65,014 17,647 11,817 15,052 20,498 48,983 11,208 9,115 12,272 16,389 43,007 1996 65,764 18,272 11,750 15,139 20,603 49,278 11,532 9,037 12,306 16,403 — 1997 65,259 18,403 11,545 15,137 20,174 48,727 11,581 8,846 12,287 16,014 — 1998 66,514 18,653 11,803 15,711 20,347 49,428 11,756 8,952 12,659 16,062 — 1Part-time workers estimated as 0.5 full-time equivalents 2Estimates of jobs in ancillary trades dependent on agriculture is derived from the Type 1 multipliers from the periodic Scottish Input Output Tables. This is available only for Scotland as a whole.