The following table shows the number of registered holdings at June each year for 2001 to 2006 by county/unitary authority.
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees 285 301 297 297 293 302 South Teesside 241 254 261 268 276 284 Darlington 256 269 270 277 281 289 Durham CC 2,382 2,499 2,538 2,591 2,655 2,781 Northumberland 2,574 2,669 2,701 2,728 2,777 2,905 Tyneside 270 264 265 278 282 283 Sunderland 65 65 65 64 72 78 West Cumbria 2,372 2,455 2,493 2,549 2,572 2,802 East Cumbria 5,071 5,245 5,356 5,396 5,419 5,717 Halton and Warrington 265 276 280 280 285 282 Cheshire CC 4,803 5,135 5,216 5,226 5,265 5,351 Greater Manchester South 473 500 500 508 509 498 Greater Manchester North 1,196 1,257 1,253 1,241 1,254 1,257 Blackburn with Darwen 263 288 299 297 297 312 Blackpool 39 42 46 44 46 46 Lancashire CC 6,076 6,420 6,437 6,507 6,531 6,631 East Merseyside 227 234 239 237 237 237 Liverpool 11 14 12 11 11 13 Sefton 123 131 128 129 130 143 Wirral 130 136 137 141 145 148 Kingston upon Hull, City of 13 16 16 17 20 16 East Riding of Yorkshire 2,909 3,050 3,085 3,124 3,140 3,108 North and North East Lincolnshire 968 1,039 1,040 1,038 1,023 998 York 426 448 445 438 439 432 North Yorkshire CC 9,612 10,109 10,244 10,324 10,370 10,711 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham 1,431 1,498 1,530 1,550 1,547 1,529 Sheffield 303 335 349 372 364 372 Bradford 884 968 979 997 1,002 1,002 Leeds 663 716 714 706 707 731 Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield 2,450 2,691 2,695 2,722 2,715 2,700 Derby 31 33 38| 36 35 45 East Derbyshire 955 1,008 1,033 1,030 1,055 1,080 South and West Derbyshire 3,636 3,853 3,926 3,992 4,092 4,361 Nottingham 8 8 10 11 13 14 North Nottinghamshire 1,582 1,663 1,667 1,687 1,732 1,767 South Nottinghamshire 770 799 814 810 823 862 Leicester 12 11 14 15 19 22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland 3,362 3,548 3,589 3,638 3,661 3,880 Northamptonshire 2,406 2,529 2,537 2,577 2,659 2,800 Lincolnshire 6,335 6,571 6,553 6,565 6,615 6,742 Herefordshire, County of 4,303 4,574 4,631 4,704 4,825 5,066 Worcestershire 3,677 3,955 3,980 4,033 4,090 4,137 Warwickshire 2,804 2,950 2,971 3,037 3,070 3,074 Telford and Wrekin 340 364 377 386 401 395 Shropshire CC 5,840 6,205 6,274 6,349 6,524 6,544 Stoke-on-Trent 73 82 80 85 87 104 Staffordshire CC 5,682 6,038 6,105 6,138 6,246 6,271 Birmingham 50 53 55 61 63 66 Solihull 258 270 270 282 284 287 Coventry 75 82 84 91 89 102 Dudley and Sandwell 56 63 63 74 82 70 Walsall and Wolverhampton 88 89 87 88 90 95 Peterborough 242 240 243 247 256 275 Cambridgeshire CC 3,307 3,345 3,414 3,403 3,471 3,459 Norfolk 6,293 6,511 6,589 6,751 6,783 6,658 Suffolk 4,390 4,610 4,764 4,862 4,975 4,954 Luton 8 8 7 7 10 9 Bedfordshire CC 1,345 1,402 1,414 1,429 1,407 1,410 Hertfordshire 1,470 1,544 1,590 1,629 1,657 1,637 Southend-on-Sea 1— 1— 1— 5 1— 5 Thurrock 1— 1— 1— 121 1— 121 Essex CC 3,886 4,100 4,161 4,175 4,232 4,151 Inner London—West 5 6 10 9 14 33 Inner London—East 10 14 15 13 15 20 Outer London—East and North East 148 161 160 164 164 164 Outer London—South 159 173 178 161 168 177 Outer London—West and North West 112 118 127 132 140 137 Berkshire 984 1,076 1,091 1,136 1,138 1,183 Milton Keynes 222 233 237 240 242 274 Buckinghamshire CC 1,993 2,094 2,134 2,164 2,205 2,312 Oxfordshire 2,511 2,614 2,634 2,662 2,783 2,910 Brighton and Hove 26 30 3,036 38 45 East Sussex CC 2,857 3,048 3,078 3,158 3,288 3,363 Surrey 2,043 2,180 2,239 2,207 2,290 2,292 West Sussex 2,460 2,600 26,43 2,673 2,764 2,822 Portsmouth 6 9 9 10 10 12 Southampton 33 36 35 38 39 32 Hampshire CC 3,740 3,969 4,285 4,302 4,320 4,558 Isle of Wight 605 645 680 689 709 713 Medway 108 115 123 134 131 123 Kent CC 4,873 5,323 5,511 5,538 5,600 5,696 Bristol, City of 55 62 68 74 77 94 North and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire 2,592 2,789 2,841 2,865 2,929 3,007 Gloucestershire 4,483 4,797 4,829 4,874 4,982 5,068 Swindon 219 231 231 236 231 241 Wiltshire CC 3,633 3,839 3,864 3,909 3,960 4,059 Bournemouth and Poole 38 35 36 36 44 46 Dorset CC 3,713 3,968 3,979 4,076 4,169 4,349 Somerset 7,516 8,016 8,212 8,312 8,551 8,869 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 8,393 8,842 8,956 8,997 9,066 9,208 Plymouth 38 40 40 45 46 48 Torbay 52 60 56 60 63 72 Devon CC 141,291 14,794 15,001 15,199 155,961 16,033 England 177,934 187,871 190,687 192,824 1959,081 200,381 1 Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings in the East of England region. Source: June Agricultural Survey