HC Deb 03 December 2002 vol 395 cc653-4W
Hugh Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people were employed in horticulture in(a) 1972, (b) 1980, (c) 1990, (d) 1995, (e) 2000 and (f) 2001, broken down by (i) contractual and (ii) full time workers. [84238]

Mr Morley

[holding answer 2 December 2002]: Figures on the Labour force on Horticulture Holdings in England is provided as follows It is not possible to provide figures for 1980 and figures on contractual workers.

1990 1995 2000 2001
Farmers, partners, Directors full-time (including spouses in 2000 and 2001) 8,920 7,474 7,557 7,532
Farmers, partners, directors part-time (including spouses in 2000 and 2001) 3,483 3,198 8,005 8,605
Spouses of farmers partners and directors full and part-time 4,287 3,427 1 1
Salaried managers:
Part-time N/a N/a 1,876 2,190
Full-time N/a N/a 231 338
Total 1,338 1,265 2,107 2,528
Full-time workers 1,5012 12,601 12,404 126,96
Part-time workers 9,259 7,706 6,991 6,440
Casual labour 16,761 14,888 12,938 13,358
Total labour 59,060 50,559 50.002 51,156
1 Including above.

Notes:

(a)A horticultural holding is one where horticulture is the predominant activity.

(b)Spouses are included only if they are working on the holding.

(c)Figures for 1990 and 1995 represent main holdings only.

(d)In 1998 fundamental changes were introduced to the labour questions on the June Agricultural and Horticultural Census in England. It appears that this change in questions may have led to the recording of additional labour not previously included in the returns.

(e)As a result of a register improvement exercise the figures from June 2000 and June 2001 are not directly comparable.

Source:

June Agricultural and Horticultural Census.

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