To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the numbers of (a) farmers and (b) farm workers employed in each county of England in June 1991.
The information requested is given in the table. Data are taken from the June 1991 agricultural census and hence exclude minor holdings not covered by the annual census.
County
| Principal farmers or partners
| Other partners or directors
| Spouses of farmers/partners or directors
| All other workers
| Total
|
| Essex | 2,828 | 1,371 | 1,032 | 7,149 | 12,380 |
| Gloucestershire | 2,586 | 888 | 932 | 3,903 | 8,309 |
| Greater London | 336 | 144 | 142 | 1,071 | 1,693 |
| Greater Manchester | 1,174 | 492 | 430 | 1,557 | 3,653 |
| Hampshire | 2,343 | 886 | 829 | 6,606 | 10,664 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 5,487 | 1,992 | 2,036 | 9,463 | 18,978 |
| Hertfordshire | 995 | 424 | 338 | 2,011 | 3,768 |
| Humberside | 2,909 | 1,550 | 849 | 6,362 | 11,670 |
| Isle of Wight | 417 | 128 | 164 | 789 | 1,498 |
| Isles of Scilly | 56 | 10 | 27 | 71 | 164 |
| Kent | 3,325 | 1,323 | 1,136 | 14,751 | 20,535 |
| Lancashire | 4,456 | 1,989 | 1,893 | 6,969 | 15,307 |
| Leicestershire | 2,190 | 943 | 719 | 3,227 | 7,079 |
| Lincolnshire | 4,779 | 2,415 | 1,676 | 13,086 | 21,956 |
| Merseyside | 401 | 176 | 155 | 838 | 1,570 |
| Norfolk | 4,085 | 1,710 | 1,274 | 11,856 | 18,925 |
| North Yorkshire | 7,255 | 3,164 | 2,589 | 10,348 | 23,356 |
| Northamptonshire | 1,584 | 717 | 530 | 2,389 | 5,220 |
| Northumberland | 2,005 | 935 | 662 | 2,895 | 6,497 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1,554 | 764 | 487 | 3,113 | 5,918 |
| Oxfordshire | 1,630 | 638 | 552 | 3,288 | 6,108 |
| Shropshire | 4,035 | 1,539 | 1,592 | 5,547 | 12,713 |
| Somerset | 4,651 | 1,676 | 1,777 | 6,501 | 14,605 |
| South Yorkshire | 1,176 | 532 | 412 | 1,547 | 3,667 |
| Staffordshire | 3,667 | 1,349 | 1,378 | 4,892 | 11,286 |
| Suffolk | 2,848 | 1,287 | 997 | 7,802 | 12,934 |
| Surrey | 1,339 | 422 | 487 | 3,477 | 5,725 |
| Tyne and Wear | 223 | 96 | 64 | 370 | 753 |
| Warwickshire | 1,923 | 755 | 638 | 3,176 | 6,492 |
| West Midlands | 366 | 154 | 127 | 775 | 1,422 |
| West Sussex | 1,730 | 578 | 682 | 6,131 | 9,121 |
| West Yorkshire | 2,490 | 866 | 853 | 2,994 | 7,203 |
| Wiltshire | 2,370 | 889 | 820 | 4,340 | 8,419 |
| ENGLAND | 119,907 | 47,762 | 44,287 | 212,984 | 424,940 |