asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the figures for
| As at December | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | |||||||||
| White fish (Trawl, line, seine and other) | … | Under 40 ft. | … | 505 | 526 | 465 | 470 | |||||
| 40 ft. to 59·9 ft. | … | 340 | 343 | 369 | 350 | |||||||
| 60 ft. to 79·9 ft. | … | 242 | 259 | 282 | 307 | |||||||
| Total | … | … | 1,087 | 1,128 | 1,116 | 1,127 | ||||||
| Herring | … | … | … | … | … | Under 40 ft. | … | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 40 ft. to 59·9 ft. | … | 70 | 57 | 40 | 50 | |||||||
| 60 ft. to 79·9 ft. | … | 84 | 77 | 70 | 78 | |||||||
| Total | … | … | 154 | 134 | 111 | 128 | ||||||
| Nephrops Trawl | … | … | … | … | Under 40 ft. | … | 52 | 60 | 59 | 55 | ||
| 40 ft. to 59·9 ft. | … | 145 | 170 | 189 | 211 | |||||||
| 60 ft. to 79·9 ft. | … | 30 | 39 | 42 | 34 | |||||||
| Total | … | … | 227 | 269 | 290 | 300 | ||||||
| Shellfish (Creels and Others) | … | … | Under 40 ft. | … | 967 | 997 | 991 | 1,034 | ||||
| 40 ft. to 59·9 ft. | … | 59 | 55 | 52 | 49 | |||||||
| 60 ft. to 79·9 ft. | … | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | … | … | 1,028 | 1,055 | 1,048 | 1,084 | ||||||
Full-time
| Part-time
| |
| 1971 | 16,810 | 7,449 |
| 1972 | Not available | Not available |
| 1973 | 16,329 | 8,408 |
| 1974 | 6,118 | 8,555 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of agricultural holdings and the number of farmers, partners, and directors, for June of each year from 1971 onwards, for Scotland.
Information on working partners and directors is not asked for in the Scottish Agricultural Census. The numbers of occupiers returning themselves as doing full-time or part-time farm work show seasonal and year to year variation. The numbers of these occupiers and the numbers of agricultural holdings from June 1971 to date are as follows:the Scottish inshore fishing fleet by categories for each of the last five years.
The numbers of vessels, both full and part-time, in the Scottish inshore fleet, according to length and type categories, are:
A comparable breakdown for 1970 is not readily available.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the proportion of all farmers, partners, and directors, and those who are whole-time and part-time, respectively, who are returned by agricultural holdings with fewer than 275 standard-man-days, between 275 and 600, and more than 600, respectively, in the latest year for which figures are available in Scotland.
| Standard Man-days | ||||||||
| 40–249 | 250–599 | 600+ | ||||||
| Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | |||
| Full-time occupiers | … | 1,900 | 12 | 4,825 | 30 | 9,393 | 58 | |
| Part-time occupiers | … | 6,231 | 73 | 907 | 11 | 1,417 | 16 | |
| Total | … | … | 8,131 | 33 | 5,732 | 23 | 10,810 | 44 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the number of independently occupied farm businesses, whole-time and part-time, excluding businesses which are run by persons already counted as the occupiers of other farm businesses in Scotland for each year from 1971 to date.
None.