§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many(a) farms, (b) dairy farms and (c) dairy cows there were in (i) the Ribble Valley and Fulwood constituency, ii) Lancashire, (iii) the North West of England, (iv) Wales and (v) the United Kingdom in each of the last 20 years. [36425]
§ Mr. MorleyInformation in respect of the Ribble Valley constituency, Lancashire, the North West Government Office Region and England are contained in the table. Figures for Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are matters for the devolved authorities.
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Year Total Holdings 'Dairy' type holdings Holdings with dairy cows Total dairy cows (i) Ribble Valley constituency 1 1990 1,143 458 513 29,262 1995 1,071 405 447 27,584 2000 1,096 299 343 24,336 (ii) Lancashire 1981 6,154 1,984 2,236 112,516 1982 6,079 1,903 2,141 113,085 1983 5,985 1,890 2,130 116,591 1984 6,074 1,890 2,121 114,443 1985 5,976 1,790 2,044 110,297 1986 6,054 1,753 1,982 109,796 1987 6,094 1,661 1,896 106,401 1988 6,117 1,571 1,811 102,237 1989 6,118 1,495 1,753 99,749 1990 5,793 1,524 1,722 100,688 1991 5,733 1,426 1,659 99,889 1992 5,732 1,367 1,613 97,429 1993 5,712 1,286 1,578 96,197 1994 5,617 1,373 1,543 97,805 1995 5,307 1,314 1,461 92,407 1996 5,226 1,286 1,430 92,603 1997 5,167 1,238 1,386 89,687 1998 5,148 1,181 1,358 88,571 1999 5,307 1,119 1,292 89,015 2000 5,432 1,025 1,182 84,595 (iii) North West Government Office Region 2 1981 19,393 6,721 7,527 432,341 1982 19,306 6,580 7,328 441,349 1983 19,213 6,530 7,307 454,615 1984 19,138 6,335 7,224 445,786 1985 19,117 6,055 6,999 429,715 1986 19,271 5,945 6,837 431,409 1987 19,390 5,713 6,620 421,117 1988 19,380 5,412 6,363 404,539 1989 19,443 5,246 6,175 400,285 1990 18,603 5,186 6,036 400,567 1991 18,573 4,993 5,928 396,387 1992 18,559 4,801 5,757 385,269 1993 18,721 4,294 5,624 383,544
Year Total Holdings 'Dairy' type holdings Holdings with dairy cows Total dairy cows 1994 18,611 4,744 5,510 391,859 1995 17,665 4,554 5,275 373,712 1996 17,533 4,449 5,144 375,212 1997 17,397 4,241 4,993 359,192 1998 17,374 4,058 4,933 354,937 1999 17,609 3,904 4,671 361,748 2000 17,944 3,630 4,315 348,192 (iv) England 1981 155,484 31,590 38,589 2,282,799 1982 155,592 30,908 37,516 2,319,587 1983 156,036 30,361 37,037 2,368,613 1984 153,161 29,912 36,150 2,317,849 1985 153,766 28,300 34,577 2,216,073 1986 154,735 27,583 33,520 2,208,746 1987 155,785 26,138 32,010 2,134,050 1988 156,647 24,747 30,683 2,042,530 1989 157,393 23,849 29,492 2,008,202 1990 150,652 22,792 28,755 1,997,640 1991 150,966 22,701 27,963 1,936,316 1992 151,718 21,712 27,080 1,871,340 1993 153,422 18,771 26,460 1,861,421 1994 153,426 20,579 25,830 1,897,024 1995 146,112 19,632 24,678 1,809,282 1996 145,637 18,904 23,798 1,783,327 1997 144,777 18,007 22,932 1,700,250 1998 145,093 17,014 22,316 1,642,636 1999 147,220 16,313 21,326 1,659,210 2000 146,347 15,126 19,917 1,574,779 1 Parliamentary constituency data are only available for the years 1990, 1995 and 2000. 2 Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. Notes:
- 1. All data taken from the June Census Agricultural and Horticultural Census; the latest data available are from the June 2000 Census.
- 2. Data for England or any region/area within England do not include minor holdings.
- 3. A 'dairy' type holding is one where dairying is the predominant activity on the holding.