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Mr. Alex Carlile
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many full-time agricultural workers there are in Wales; and how many there were on 1 January 1970, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, respectively; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Edwards
Details of the numbers of workers on agricultural holdings are collected in a full census in June and a sample census in December each year The numbers of persons recorded as working full-time on agricultural holdings in Wales in the years requested were as follows:
June | December | |
1970 | 32,280 | 34.946 |
1980 | 33,351 | 33.257 |
1981 | 33,339 | 32,704 |
1982 | 32,851 | 32.558 |
1983 | 32,171 | 32,487 |
1984 | 32,707 | 32,307 |