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Mr. Dalyell
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has for a hay premium, as outlined in the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Conservation Review 1991, a copy of which has been sent to him, to conserve the corncrake in Britain; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth
[holding answer 20 January 1992]: My right hon. Friend has no plans to propose a hay premium but measures to protect ground nesting birds
| Farmers | Spouses of farmers | All other farmworkers | ||||
| County | 1981 | 1991 | 1981 | 1991 | 1981 | 1991 |
| Antrim | 7,090 | 6,463 | 1,269 | 1,044 | 3,731 | 3,792 |
| Armagh | 4,806 | 4,357 | 608 | 531 | 2,086 | 2,315 |
| Down | 7,428 | 6.741 | 1,102 | 953 | 4,251 | 4,091 |
| Fermanagh | 4,368 | 4,052 | 646 | 545 | 1,839 | 1,549 |
| Londonderry | 4,847 | 4,595 | 724 | 563 | 2,758 | 2,796 |
| Tyrone | 8,340 | 8,083 | 1,110 | 926 | 3,660 | 3,816 |
| Northern Ireland | 36,879 | 34,291 | 5,459 | 4,562 | 18,325 | 18,359 |