HC Deb 11 April 2002 vol 383 c597W
Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average dairy farm income was for each of the last 10 years in(a) the parliamentary constituency of the Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire, (c) the North West of England and (d) England. [48606]

Mr. Morley

The average net farm income for full-time dairy farms in England is given in the table.

Average net farm income (£ per farm)
1992–93 29,300
1993–94 34,900
1994–95 30,300
1995–96 36,200
1996–97 30,400
1997–98 19,800
1998–99 11,700
1999–2000 9,400
2000–01 14,000
2000–02 (prov.) 32,000

Source: Farm Business Survey

1This information is not available for the North West of England, for Lancashire nor for the parliamentary constituency of the Ribble Valley.