Agriculture: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of Cornwall’s total gross value added was represented by farming in each year since 1996. (147733)

Please find as follows figures showing the proportion of GVA for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly that is represented by agriculture. Figures for the South West region have also been provided as background information.

*Agricultural gross value added at basic prices*
	Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	South West
	GVA in £million	Percentage of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly total GVA	GVA in £ million	Percentage of SW total GVA
1996	175	5.1	1,156	2.3
1997	153	4.3	1,023	1.9
1998	141	3.7	891	1.5
1999	138	3.5	852	1.4
2000	121	2.8	759	1.2
2001	124	2.7	800	1.2
2002	138	2.8	880	1.2
2003	162	3.0	963	1.3
2004	155	2.7	897	1.1
2005	129	¹—	706	0.8
¹ Not yet available

Volume 462: debated on Tuesday 10 July 2007