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Dr. David Clark
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the amount of land in each county under oil seed rape since 1987.
Mr. Gummer
The information requested is given in the following table. Data are taken from the 1987 to 1990 June agricultural censuses and hence exclude estimates for minor holdings not in the annual census.
| Census of Agriculture June 1987–90 Distribution of oil seed rape area by county | ||||
| '000 hectares | ||||
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | |
| Avon | 0·5 | 0·5 | 0·5 | 0·7 |
| Bedfordshire | 7·9 | 7·3 | 6·2 | 7·9 |
| Berkshire | 2·8 | 2·4 | 2·7 | 3·3 |
| Buckinghamshire | 6·4 | 5·9 | 6·0 | 7·4 |
| Cambridgeshire | 18·5 | 16·5 | 15·9 | 19·2 |
| Cheshire | 2·2 | 1·9 | 1·6 | 1·8 |
| Cleveland | 2·3 | 2·1 | 1·9 | 2·8 |
| Cornwall inc Scilly Isles | 0·7 | 0·7 | 0·3 | 0·6 |
| Cumbria | 0·5 | 0·5 | 0·3 | 0·3 |
| Derbyshire | 3·7 | 3·6 | 3·0 | 3·4 |
| Devon | 0·9 | 0·8 | 0·7 | 0·9 |
| Dorset | 1·0 | 1·1 | 1·0 | 1·4 |
| Durham | 5·3 | 4·9 | 4·8 | 6·8 |
| East Sussex | 2·1 | 2·1 | 1·7 | 2·2 |
| Essex | 22·5 | 21·3 | 20·5 | 22·8 |
| Gloucestershire | 5·5 | 5·3 | 5·5 | 7·1 |
| Greater London | 0·6 | 0·5 | 0·6 | 0·7 |
| Greater Manchester | 0·5 | 0·4 | 0·4 | 0·6 |
| Hampshire | 6·2 | 4·8 | 4·7 | 6·1 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 5·3 | 4·7 | 4·6 | 5·8 |
| Hertfordshire | 8·6 | 7·3 | 7·4 | 8·8 |
| Humberside | 25·7 | 23·1 | 21·0 | 24·5 |
| Isle of Wight | 0·5 | 0·6 | 0·7 | 0·9 |
| Kent | 14·4 | 12·9 | 11·4 | 15·1 |
| Lancashire | 0·9 | 0·8 | 0·8 | 1·3 |
| Leicestershire | 13·4 | 12·7 | 11·6 | 14·1 |
| Lincolnshire | 40·7 | 34·8 | 32·0 | 38·6 |
| Mersey side | 0·4 | 0·5 | 0·5 | 0·6 |
| Divisional office | Environmentally sensitive areas | Farm and conservation grant scheme | Farm diversification grant scheme | Farm woodland scheme | Hill livestock compensatory allowances | Sheep annual premium scheme | Suckler cow premium scheme | Set-aside |
| £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |
| South western region | ||||||||
| Exeter | — | 2,350 | 221 | 46 | 3,360 | 9,273 | 2,625 | 283 |
| Gloucester | — | 1,222 | 206 | 144 | — | 3,551 | 1,331 | 1,376 |
| Taunton | 822 | 2,001 | 207 | 4 | 1,161 | 4,311 | 1,380 | 377 |
| Truro | 327 | 667 | 131 | 9 | 992 | 3,288 | 1,554 | 219 |
| Eastern region | ||||||||
| Chelmsford | — | 260 | 95 | 31 | — | 528 | 388 | 1,183 |
| Huntingdon | — | 148 | 33 | 71 | — | 2,497 | 647 | 1,530 |
| Lincoln | — | 221 | 42 | 27 | — | 1,064 | 872 | 526 |
| Norwich | 3,286 | 545 | 93 | 133 | — | 1,035 | 1,043 | 1,279 |
| Northern region | ||||||||
| Beverley | 201 | 513 | 52 | 20 | 1,024 | 2,130 | 1,329 | 310 |
| Carlisle | 64 | 1,530 | 85 | 19 | 7,654 | 10,618 | 2,393 | 66 |
| Newcastle | 372 | 356 | 90 | 29 | 7,338 | 9,093 | 4,153 | 400 |
| Northallerton | 534 | 1,201 | 160 | 24 | 4,860 | 8,504 | 1,959 | 165 |
| South eastern region | ||||||||
| Guildford | 26 | 478 | 61 | 42 | — | 2,132 | 1,068 | 1,245 |
| Maidstone | 605 | 428 | 177 | 14 | — | 3,919 | 718 | 802 |
| Oxford | — | 399 | 89 | 60 | — | 2,502 | 911 | 1,885 |
| Midlands and Western region | ||||||||
| Crewe | 629 | 3,698 | 173 | 31 | 2,213 | 6,643 | 2,038 | 390 |
| Nottingham | 556 | 704 | 81 | 32 | 1,221 | 4,175 | 1,345 | 350 |
| Preston | — | 1,113 | 59 | — | 1,688 | 3,678 | 828 | 118 |
| Worcester | — | 541 | 84 | 69 | 2,679 | 7,501 | 1,536 | 316 |
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | |
| Norfolk | 11·2 | 8·9 | 7·1 | 9·4 |
| North Yorkshire | 19·6 | 17·5 | 16·4 | 19·5 |
| Northamptonshire | 18·6 | 16·4 | 16·0 | 18·3 |
| Northumberland | 7·1 | 6·7 | 6·9 | 10·0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 13·5 | 11·6 | 10·7 | 12·5 |
| Oxfordshire | 11·6 | 11·3 | 10·4 | 12·7 |
| Shropshire | 4·2 | 3·5 | 2·9 | 3·5 |
| Somerset | 1·2 | 0·9 | 0·7 | 0·9 |
| South Yorkshire | 6·1 | 6·0 | 5·3 | 5·8 |
| Staffordshire | 4·5 | 4·1 | 3·3 | 4·0 |
| Suffolk | 17·5 | 13·3 | 12·6 | 13·9 |
| Surrey | 1·1 | 1·3 | 1·2 | 1·4 |
| Tyne and Wear | 1·2 | 1·1 | 1·2 | 1·5 |
| Warwickshire | 10·4 | 9·4 | 8·8 | 9·9 |
| West Midlands | 0·6 | 0·5 | 0·5 | 0·6 |
| West Sussex | 3·7 | 3·0 | 2·9 | 3·6 |
| West Yorkshire | 3·1 | 2·9 | 2·6 | 3·0 |
| Wiltshire | 5·4 | 5·0 | 4·6 | 6·4 |
| England | 340·6 | 303·5 | 282·7 | 342·5 |
Note: Minor holdings are excluded.