§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many holdings in each of the last 10 years had(a) one animal, (b) two to five animals, (c) five to 10 animals, (d) 10 to 100 animals, (e) 100 to 200 animals and (f) more than 200 animals. [20715]
§ Mr. MorleyNumber of main holdings in England by animal size group is provided in the table.
Animal size groups 1 2–5 6–10 11–100 101–200 201 and over Total 1990 537 3,438 3,878 34,806 17,148 37,885 97,692 1991 569 3,586 3,930 34,644 16,850 37,160 96,739 1992 665 3,677 3,988 34,849 16,689 36,745 96,613 1993 779 3,825 4,161 34,864 16,557 36,414 96,600 1994 745 3,874 4,080 34,495 16,446 36,164 95,804 1995 593 3,173 3,517 32,891 16,177 35,102 91,453 1996 589 3,279 3,447 32,254 16,162 34,524 90,255 1997 648 3,036 3,207 32,657 15,647 34,192 89,387 1998 645 2,995 3,381 31,433 15,337 33,984 87,775 1999 476 3,291 3,311 31,070 15,200 33,640 86,988 2000 665 4,088 3,510 27,372 13,649 31,650 80,934 Note:
Animals include total cattle and calves, total pigs, total sheep and lambs, total goats and farmed deer (except for 1990 where no figure for farmed deer is available).
Source:
June Agricultural and Horticultural Census (main holdings only).