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Mr. Grylls
asked the Secretary of State for Industry where in the future, in accordance with Government policy, a computer system of 1 Atlas Power or greater is purchased from ICL by central Government or by a nationalised industry, and it is not the cheapest, if he will instruct that the excess cost be carried on the Vote of the Department of Industry, and make arrangements for it to be reimbursed to the Department or nationalised industry concerned.
Mr. Meacher
, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 28th January 1975; Vol. 885, c. 144], gave the following information:
| Holding by farm size | Holdings by tenure and farm size | ||||
| Holding size group (acres) | Distribution based on total area size group† | Holdings wholly tenanted | Holdings with more than 50 per cent. of their area tenanted | Holdings with less than 50 per cent. of their area tenanted* | |
| Under 50 | … | 94,887 | 24,320 | 7,462 | 11,216 |
| 50–149¾ | … | 64,878 | 20,339 | 6,565 | 11,087 |
| 150–299¾ | … | 31,566 | 10,025 | 3,600 | 6,290 |
| 300–499¾ | … | 12,469 | 3,909 | 1,817 | 2,752 |
| 500–699¾ | … | 4,257 | 1,280 | 801 | 977 |
| 700–999¾ | … | 2,473 | 768 | 511 | 580 |
| 1,000–1,999¾ | … | 1,838 | 555 | 373 | 411 |
| 2,000 and over | … | 393 | 145 | 65 | 91 |
| 212,761 | 61,341 | 21,194 | 33,404 | ||
| * Excludes holdings which are wholly owner-occupied. | |||||
| † Total area of the holding includes crops and grass, rough grazings and woodland ancillary to farming and other land used for agriculture. | |||||