The following table shows the number of farmers and total agricultural workforce in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England and the proportion of the total UK workforce they made up for 1992-2006. These are the figures that are most readily available. Figures for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland fall under the jurisdiction of the devolved authorities.
Farmers As percentage of total UK workforce Agricultural labour As percentage of total UK workforce (a) Cornwall 1992 10,027 0.0 15,509 0.1 1993 10,130 0.0 15,413 0.1 1994 9,950 0.0 15,157 0.1 1995 9,609 0.0 14,770 0.1 1996 9,665 0.0 14,827 0.1 1997 9,579 0.0 14,751 0.1 1998 9,706 0.0 15,251 0.1 1999 9,397 0.0 14,601 0.1 2000 10,612 0.0 15,612 0.1 2001 11,082 0.0 15,665 0.1 2002 10,499 0.0 14,808 0.0 2003 10,107 0.0 14,116 0.0 2004 10,467 0.0 14,461 0.0 2005 10,417 0.0 14,342 0.0 2006 10,418 0.0 14,246 0.0 (b) South West 1992 49,932 0.2 85,738 0.3 1993 50,921 0.2 86,211 0.3 1994 51,338 0.2 85,948 0.3 1995 49,891 0.2 83,510 0.3 1996 50,152 0.2 83,628 0.3 1997 49,888 0.2 83,039 0.3 1998 50,884 0.2 83,428 0.3 1999 49,996 0.2 80,686 0.3 2000 54,200 0.2 81,235 0.3 2001 57,202 0.2 83,489 0.3 2002 54,714 0.2 79,718 0.3 2003 53,061 0.2 76,205 0.3 2004 54,439 0.2 79,264 0.3 2005 54,732 0.2 79,023 0.3 2006 55,177 0.2 78,006 0.2 (c) England 1992 213,337 0.8 420,074 1.5 1993 216,094 0.8 417,619 1.5 1994 215,010 0.8 410,809 1.5 1995 208,050 0.7 400,887 1.4 1996 207,807 0.7 396,786 1.4 1997 206,421 0.7 393,105 1.4 1998 208,156 0.7 396,557 1.4 1999 203,362 0.7 379,018 1.3 2000 220,934 0.7 374,291 1.3 2001 233,738 0.8 386,732 1.3 2002 225,521 0.7 371,824 1.2 2003 219,123 0.7 354,381 1.2 2004 224,449 0.7 367,585 1.2 2005 223,008 0.7 364,891 1.2 2006 223,769 0.7 361,017 1.1 Notes: 1. Figures prior to 2000 cover main holdings only. Figures from 2000 onwards include main and minor holdings. A minor holding has to meet all the following conditions: (a) have a total area of less than 6 hectares (b) a total labour requirement of less than 100 standard person days (c) no regular full-time farmer or worker (d) a glasshouse area of less than a 100 square metres (e) the occupier does not farm another holding 2. Estimates have been made for holdings not selected or not responding. 3. Office for National Statistics total labour force figures include all workforce categories (employed, self-employed, HM forces and Government supported trainees) 4. Agricultural labour force includes: (a) principal farmers, spouses and business partners (b) salaried managers, regular and casual/gang workers 5. Due to the introduction of new questions in 1998 figures prior to this year are not directly comparable with earlier years’ results. 5. Due to a register improvement exercise in 2001 labour figures prior to this are not directly comparable with later results. Source: June Agricultural Survey Office for National Statistics