To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of hectares and percentage for tenanted agricultural land in each county or Scottish region of the United Kingdom for 1980 and for the current year.
The table gives the number of hectares and percentage for tenanted agricultural land for each county of England, Wales and Northern Ireland and for each region in Scotland for 1980 and 1990, the latest year for which data are available. However, it should be noted that Northern Ireland's land tenure system is not generally comparable with that of Great Britain.
1980
| 1990
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County
| Total area (000 hectares)
| Percentage of total area rented
| Area of land rented (000 hectares)
| Total area (000 hectares)
| Percentage of total area rented
| Area of land rented (000 hectares)
|
| Devon | 519·6 | 30·3 | 157·6 | 514·0 | 25·8 | 132·4 |
| Dorset | 199·5 | 45·6 | 90·9 | 198·3 | 40·1 | 79·5 |
| Gloucestershire | 205·2 | 35·3 | 72·5 | 204·6 | 30·5 | 62·5 |
| Somerset | 280·4 | 37·5 | 105·2 | 276·6 | 29·1 | 80·6 |
| Wiltshire | 275·8 | 42·7 | 117·7 | 269·5 | 37·9 | 102·0 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 317·0 | 35·1 | 111·3 | 314·6 | 28·9 | 90·9 |
| Shropshire | 287·1 | 38·6 | 110·7 | 288·7 | 32·2 | 92·9 |
| Staffordshire | 199·2 | 40·5 | 80·6 | 198·0 | 32·7 | 64·7 |
| Warwickshire | 159·2 | 38·5 | 61·3 | 156·2 | 32·7 | 51·1 |
| West Midlands | 19·7 | 53·3 | 10·5 | 16·6 | 44·2 | 7·3 |
| Cheshire | 172·4 | 44·6 | 76·9 | 168·2 | 37·3 | 62·7 |
| Greater Manchester | 41·8 | 56·3 | 23·5 | 42·1 | 43·3 | 18·2 |
| Lancashire | 222·2 | 53·5 | 118·9 | 221·7 | 47·1 | 104·5 |
| Merseyside | 19·9 | 57·8 | 11·5 | 20·3 | 51·9 | 10·5 |
| England | 9,442·0 | 43·6 | 4,120·3 | 9,351·0 | 37·4 | 3,493·1 |
| Clwyd | 177·7 | 33·4 | 59·3 | 179·1 | 28·3 | 50·6 |
| Dyfed | 458·7 | 23·5 | 107·9 | 457·9 | 18·2 | 83·2 |
| Gwent | 84·1 | 31·1 | 26·2 | 82·5 | 24·9 | 20·5 |
| Gwynedd | 292·2 | 37·3 | 108·9 | 296·6 | 30·3 | 89·9 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 50·8 | 37·4 | 19·0 | 49·0 | 31·6 | 15·5 |
| Powys | 366·0 | 28·1 | 103·0 | 367·3 | 22·5 | 82·5 |
| South Glamorgan | 24·8 | 42·0 | 10·4 | 24·8 | 38·5 | 9·5 |
| West Glamorgan | 36·4 | 30·6 | 11·1 | 36·0 | 26·0 | 9·4 |
| Wales | 1,490·8 | 29·9 | 445·7 | 1,493·2 | 24·2 | 361·1 |
| England and Wales | 10,932·8 | 41·8 | 4,566·0 | 10,844·2 | 35·5 | 3,854·3 |
Note: Estimates for minor holdings are not included.
Source: June 1980 and 1990 MAFF PSM Statements.
Scotland
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1980
| 1990
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Region
| Total area '000 hectares
| Percentage of Total area rented
| Area of land Rented '000 hectares
| Total area '000 hectares
| Percentage of Total area rented
| Area of land Rented '000 hectares
|
| Borders | 395·3 | 52·1 | 205·9 | 386·4 | 51·5 | 199·0 |
| Central | 208·8 | 43·4 | 90·5 | 197·1 | 40·1 | 79·0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 470·3 | 47·6 | 223·8 | 443·2 | 43·3 | 191·9 |
| Fife | 98·1 | 41·7 | 40·9 | 98·2 | 33·9 | 33·3 |
| Grampian | 634·9 | 39·8 | 252·5 | 627·9 | 38·2 | 240·0 |
| Highland | 1,780·1 | 38·5 | 685·3 | 1,689·1 | 35·1 | 592·1 |
| Lothian | 131·8 | 44·1 | 58·1 | 125·0 | 37·8 | 47·2 |
| Strathclyde | 1,017·9 | 40·2 | 409·6 | 918·5 | 36·4 | 334·0 |
| Tayside | 642·1 | 46·5 | 298·8 | 621·1 | 42·7 | 265·0 |
| Islands | 200·2 | 48·1 | 96·3 | 194·0 | 43·4 | 84·1 |
| Scotland | 5,579·4 | 42·3 | 2,361·8 | 5,300·3 | 39·0 | 2,065·7 |
Notes:
Source: June 1980 and 1990 Agricultural Census for Scotland.
The area of rented land in the Western Isles in 1980 has been estimated.
Estimates for minor holdings are not included.
1980
| 1990
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Total area '000 hectares
| Percentage of Total area rented
| Area of land rented '000 hectares
| Total area '000 hectares
| Percentage of Total area rented
| Area of land rented '000 hectares
| |
| Great Britain | 16,512·2 | 42·0 | 6,927·8 | 16,144·5 | 36·7 | 5,920·0 |
Northern Ireland
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1980
| 1990
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County
| Total area '000 hectares
| Percentage of total area rented
| Area of land rented '000 hectares
| Total area '000 hectares
| Percentage of total area rented
| Area of land rented '000 hectares
|
| Antrim | 217·9 | 19·9 | 43·4 | 211·6 | 21·8 | 46·1 |
| Armagh | 99·0 | 17·5 | 17·4 | 93·7 | 19·1 | 17·9 |
| Down | 187·3 | 23·9 | 44·7 | 176·8 | 26·6 | 47·0 |
| Fermanagh | 131·7 | 15·1 | 19·8 | 125·7 | 16·0 | 20·1 |
| Londonderry | 163·5 | 20·4 | 33·3 | 157·4 | 23·1 | 36·3 |
1980
| 1990
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County
| Total area '000 hectares
| Percentage of total area rented
| Area of land rented '000 hectares
| Total area '000 hectares
| Percentage of total area rented
| Area of land rented '000 hectares
|
| Tyrone | 254·9 | 15·0 | 38·2 | 248·3 | 16·7 | 41·4 |
| NORTHERN IRELAND | 1,054·3 | 18·7 | 196·8 | 1,013·6 | 20·6 | 208·8 |
Notes:
Source: June 1980 and 1990 Agricultural Census for Northern Ireland. Separate statistics are not collected on the numbers and areas of the farms which are leased; the figures above are for agricultural land which is let on a very short-term basis, commonly for 11 months ("in conacre").
General Note: Totals may not necessarily agree with the sum of their components due to rounding.