§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what his estimate is of the number of(a) male and (b) female tenant farmers between the ages of 55 and 65 years. [146150]
§ Ms QuinThe information relates to the number of holders aged 55 to 64 in England. This is the latest available information and is included in the table.
Tenure Male holders Female holders Total Tenanted only1 4,642 214 4,856 Mixed tenure2 7,324 355 7,679 Owner occupied only3 20,387 3,089 23,476 Neither owned nor tenanted4 585 54 639 Total 32,939 3,712 36,651 1 Where all area farmed is rented in 2 Where part of the area farmed is rented in and part is owner occupied 3 Where all area farmed is owner occupied 4 Where none of the area farmed is owned or rented, eg share farming Note:
The table does not include holders on minor holdings
Source:
The EU Farm Structure Survey 1997
Information from the 2000 EU Farm Structure Survey will be available in early summer of 2001.