Sheep

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 96W, on sheep, what estimate has been made of the number of sheep in each county in England in each year since 1997. (281992)

The total number of sheep and lambs in England by county/unitary authority in each year since 1997 are shown in the following tables.

Figures for 1999 onwards can also be found on the DEFRA website at:

www.defra.gov.uk/esg/work_htm/publications/cs/farmstats_web/2_SURVEY_DATA_SEARCH/COMPLETE_DATASETS/regional_level_datasets.htm

*Table 1: Total sheep and lambs by county/unitary authority, 1997 to 2002*
County/UA	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees	23,436	24,468	24,015	21,907	18,619	16,481
South Teesside	27,715	30,228	30,708	29,314	27,861	23,118
Darlington	30,449	30,252	31,797	29,944	20,226	18,075
Durham CC	678,435	685,483	689,716	650,712	500,085	522,161
Northumberland	1,664,446	1,680,887	1,719,011	1,642,218	1,395,748	1,343,874
Tyneside	10,023	10,862	10,750	¹—	¹—	¹—
Sunderland	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
West Cumbria	716,598	746,378	733,959	705,904	368,594	488,592
East Cumbria	1,975,625	2,061,168	2,041,301	1,928,069	1,130,470	1,313,197
Halton and Warrington	3,624	3,488	4,152	4,669	4,457	4,040
Cheshire CC	205,653	214,103	215,542	203,685	194,710	177,920
Greater Manchester South	16,813	16,822	16,442	20,349	19,772	17,178
Greater Manchester North	56,745	53,704	57,903	51,454	54,129	49,010
Blackburn With Darwen	20,036	21,173	21,229	21,230	17,342	16,925
Blackpool	¹—	¹—	0	¹—	¹—	¹—
Lancashire CC	788,668	823,332	800,283	776,586	703,264	656,886
East Merseyside	6,399	6,923	7,430	6,061	6,452	6,336
Liverpool	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Sefton	334	659	417	¹—	¹—	249
Wirral	1,504	1,442	1,639	1,528	1,506	¹—
Kingston upon Hull, City of	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	1—	¹—
East Riding of Yorkshire	121,399	115,301	114,603	110,654	105,164	91,389
North and North East Lincolnshire	12,614	12,990	14,269	12,591	13,085	11,873
York	13,836	14,467	14,721	¹—	¹—	¹—
North Yorkshire CC	2,082,611	2,145,678	2,160,335	2,077,156	1,793,702	1,675,339
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham	50,370	51,263	55,386	52,214	47,882	41,496
Sheffield	36,273	39,669	30,172	31,464	35,243	35,210
Bradford	74,334	80,623	75,983	76,204	73,352	70,360
Leeds	51,544	51,709	50,187	46,567	44,880	38,615
Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield	111,848	117,944	117,051	109,134	105,569	107,925
Derby	¹—	¹—	¹—	28,563	¹—	¹—
East Derbyshire	27,584	29,113	30,056	1—	25,663	21,540
South and West Derbyshire	429,662	459,537	459,847	438,425	420,812	377,670
Nottingham	0	0	0	¹—	¹—	¹—
North Nottinghamshire	53,816	49,482	57,508	58,313	49,441	46,320
South Nottinghamshire	32,238	32,401	28,265	27,575	¹—	¹—
Leicester	0	0	0	0	¹—	¹—
Leicestershire CC and Rutland	411,401	427,810	434,168	390,411	374,035	340,160
Northamptonshire	398,006	411,666	418,480	406,457	387,762	329,594
Lincolnshire	218,252	225,666	233,901	206,494	191,988	169,317
Herefordshire, County of	807,253	845,061	851,417	799,820	664,610	644,216
Worcestershire	378,186	393,374	395,697	377,145	336,362	309,974
Warwickshire	328,798	355,204	361,938	358,192	339,797	301,609
Telford and Wrekin	9,705	10,848	10,773	11,273	11,492	9,970
Shropshire CC	923,438	958,173	979,024	909,128	836,216	762,901
Stoke-on-Trent	502	685	883	¹—	¹—	¹—
Staffordshire CC	297,542	308,388	322,042	305,150	276,732	259,300
Birmingham	1,025	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Solihull	16,627	17,438	17,215	17,760	11,314	13,726
Coventry	1,813	2,925	2,816	2,589	2,552	2,422
Dudley and Sandwell	1,168	1,208	1,277	1,147	855	793
Walsall and Wolverhampton	1,031	1,092	1,243	683	542	553
Peterborough	9,445	12,265	11,141	49,135	10,548	8,728
Cambridgeshire CC	43,557	42,455	44,401	11,129	47,262	34,548
Norfolk	145,746	144,935	149,276	144,307	136,367	106,114
Suffolk	68,421	76,199	74,317	82,795	72,985	77,229
Luton	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Bedfordshire CC	58,147	58,034	61,168	56,409	53,482	45,018
Hertfordshire	43,606	44,219	42,750	38,143	40,739	32,687
Southend-on-Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thurrock	2,749	2,811	2,870	¹—	¹—	¹—
Essex CC	74,066	67,556	70,067	66,014	59,455	56,122
Inner London: West	0	0	0	0	65,970	1—
Inner London: East	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	21,281	45
Outer London: East and North East	1,696	1,519	1,683	¹—	204,408	¹—
Outer London: South	387	577	907	649	194,395	746
Outer London: West and North West	888	1,926	1,939	1,699	¹—	848
Berkshire	60,837	71,968	75,616	70,196	291,072	58,114
Milton Keynes	29,565	27,385	28,528	26,025	75,887	21,576
Buckinghamshire CC	186,506	199,017	220,705	208,804	114,130	180,258
Oxfordshire	208,953	218,569	219,270	211,197	¹—	172,395
Brighton and Hove	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	151	3,554
East Sussex CC	279,868	289,435	302,772	299,664	145,891	271,572
Surrey	76,210	75,395	76,708	80,907	33,096	64,931
West Sussex	140,226	138,258	127,124	121,364	¹—	102,861
Portsmouth	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	451,145	¹—
Southampton	¹—	149	162	¹—	¹—	¹—
Hampshire CC	161,303	160,422	156,850	154,421	¹—	129,661
Isle of Wight	36,568	38,784	38,715	35,083	¹—	30,738
Medway	8,416	7,737	7,920	7,949	854	9,594
Kent CC	514,911	511,487	508,048	491,865	1,230	383,725
Bristol, City of	416	427	419	¹—	1,232	¹—
N and NE Somerset, South Glos	100,105	102,743	98,295	98,595	95,202	84,217
Gloucestershire	403,875	414,686	425,662	418,837	334,173	329,925
Swindon	16,683	15,814	13,121	13,360	11,699	6,960
Wiltshire CC	203,393	194,027	203,037	199,164	193,195	171,851
Bournemouth and Poole	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Dorset CC	209,155	221,225	226,936	219,057	200,171	176,598
Somerset	572,797	590,196	605,745	583,969	551,959	490,772
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	601,534	631,841	639,631	607,512	575,228	521,136
Plymouth	3,802	2,891	2,721	2,657	¹—	¹—
Torbay	4,287	2,794	2,944	3,945	2,151	¹—
Devon CC	1,828,808	1,921,261	1,937,405	1,817,687	1,472,395	1,445,962

*Table 2: Total sheep and lambs by county/unitary authority, 2003*-08
County/UA	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees	17,181	17,079	16,266	14,772	16,019	15,136
South Teesside	23,412	19,538	20,828	18,577	21,348	20,404
Darlington	18,415	18,375	16,794	15,315	15,892	16,118
Durham CC	543,114	561,614	562,817	544,838	544,976	542,014
Northumberland	1,350,851	1,356,865	1,351,097	1,336,393	1,328,927	1,340,250
Tyneside	¹—	7,686	¹—	¹—	7,599	8,298
Sunderland	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	370	223
West Cumbria	513,535	546,115	538,031	544,865	533,002	538,986
East Cumbria	1,437,605	1,480,984	1,511,508	1,495,375	1,474,746	1,490,758
Halton and Warrington	4,100	4,026	4,506	3,868	3,063	2,690
Cheshire CC	184,408	188,539	188,569	186,184	186,467	198,302
Greater Manchester South	18,401	19,661	17,467	17,261	16,581	18,550
Greater Manchester North	49,784	52,712	50,789	52,801	45,342	48,021
Blackburn With Darwen	18,003	18,432	15,644	16,437	16,657	17,283
Blackpool	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Lancashire CC	659,433	679,395	703,846	694,142	685,783	686,631
East Merseyside	6,481	6,296	6,738	6,937	7,130	7,070
Liverpool	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Sefton	¹—	287	297	¹—	¹—	¹—
Wirral	740	775	867	880	852	1,303
Kingston upon Hull, City of	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Riding of Yorkshire	85,921	83,908	85,716	92,890	87,934	87,745
North and North East Lincolnshire	11,608	11,306	10,790	10,685	10,904	11,275
York	¹—	9,512	¹—	¹—	11,970	¹—
North Yorkshire CC	1,746,518	1,792,219	1,817,514	1,772,569	1,761,878	1,776,955
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham	43,752	45,145	44,483	44,634	46,268	49,165
Sheffield	36,904	37,291	39,280	34,133	¹—	34,854
Bradford	74,406	77,306	73,955	71,685	71,225	73,623
Leeds	38,736	37,777	38,292	35,738	34,711	36,428
Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield	104,206	104,220	106,405	109,051	103,087	106,579
Derby	¹—	146	162	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Derbyshire	19,741	19,912	20,816	19,192	19,082	19,572
South and West Derbyshire	377,371	389,246	397,190	392,489	386,963	384,459
Nottingham	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
North Nottinghamshire	46,096	44,750	44,891	45,463	45,318	42,205
South Nottinghamshire	¹—	27,683	28,043	31,879	29,149	32,151
Leicester	¹—	¹—	¹—	0	¹—	¹—
Leicestershire CC and Rutland	344,400	336,798	330,010	314,214	309,641	304,652
Northamptonshire	331,450	317,372	304,738	295,531	289,253	285,314
Lincolnshire	162,186	159,071	152,800	155,469	155,447	151,186
Herefordshire, County of	654,222	655,951	657,876	665,515	636,598	624,204
Worcestershire	316,360	317,322	311,682	306,347	299,643	297,691
Warwickshire	289,604	290,043	288,812	274,989	277,491	282,537
Telford and Wrekin	10,365	10,762	11,286	10,891	9,499	11,030
Shropshire CC	776,561	778,932	795,591	770,107	762,860	761,313
Stoke-on-Trent	¹—	455	¹—	700	¹—	811
Staffordshire CC	263,551	267,828	272,269	263,079	267,461	268,627
Birmingham	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Solihull	13,488	12,584	13,108	15,339	13,171	12,800
Coventry	1,927	2,147	1,751	1,859	1,824	2,072
Dudley and Sandwell	823	834	878	786	820	840
Walsall and Wolverhampton	458	429	915	¹—	205	¹—
Peterborough	6,918	7,299	7,464	6,034	5,645	5,419
Cambridgeshire CC	32,145	32,197	30,372	30,175	31,157	31,288
Norfolk	98,546	100,167	104,691	109,321	114,136	114,032
Suffolk	79,793	74,755	72,359	68,830	80,460	77,864
Luton	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Bedfordshire CC	39,227	37,922	36,697	34,937	34,340	40,017
Hertfordshire	34,033	33,810	35,759	39,041	32,758	35,183
Southend-on-Sea	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Thurrock	1,060	1,054	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Essex CC	54,796	56,358	57,143	53,541	55,104	54,863
Inner London: West	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Inner London: East	¹—	53	¹—	¹—	93	128
Outer London: East and North East	¹—	1,458	¹—	1,473	1,428	1,487
Outer London: South	803	863	884	735	2,744	1,150
Outer London: West and North West	745	617	¹—	¹—	516	518
Berkshire	56,680	55,915	57,275	60,383	51,349	47,603
Milton Keynes	21,644	20,470	18,749	17,663	17,737	17,664
Buckinghamshire CC	177,777	173,111	170,289	160,366	161,477	166,250
Oxfordshire	164,954	165,511	160,022	157,833	159,525	163,917
Brighton and Hove	¹—	2,503	3,458	¹—	8,920	9,683
East Sussex CC	271,932	265,493	263,694	264,210	250,940	252,433
Surrey	66,098	67,010	63,769	63,259	63,200	62,781
West Sussex	102,798	99,265	97,649	101,187	100,904	103,303
Portsmouth	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Southampton	149	58	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Hampshire CC	128,871	130,219	125,318	120,259	123,763	129,413
Isle of Wight	35,042	34,479	37,269	35,677	33,442	36,855
Medway	9,626	9,413	8,649	4,760	7,541	8,533
Kent CC	388,783	383,489	376,158	371,318	362,698	360,954
Bristol, City of	740	726	814	734	872	891
N and NE Somerset, South Glos	81,667	80,452	79,380	81,308	77,263	84,286
Gloucestershire	335,715	337,669	330,676	341,515	331,053	322,714
Swindon	6,394	6,098	6,343	6,212	3,550	4,198
Wiltshire CC	175,860	178,264	175,734	166,258	164,536	174,961
Bournemouth and Poole	402	423	1,714	1,869	1,564	1,885
Dorset CC	187,750	186,889	185,437	193,455	191,232	198,080
Somerset	494,854	506,873	495,195	474,258	487,253	489,416
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	525,057	527,466	519,812	521,033	501,658	503,374
Plymouth	759	813	697	1,235	640	734
Torbay	2,505	2,608	2,831	3,272	3,144	2,712
Devon CC	1,474,609	1,481,181	1,474,328	1,465,263	1,399,574	1,402,422
¹ Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings. Source: June Agricultural Survey.

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