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Agriculture: Manpower

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people in each county were employed in agriculture in each of the last 10 years. (291907)

The number of employees working on agricultural and horticultural holdings in each county in England for 1999 to 2008 can be found in the table. Employees are defined as salaried managers, full-time, part-time and casual workers working on the holding on 1 June each year.

19991

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees

186

154

167

167

146

144

122

119

126

133

South Teesside

201

179

183

183

187

198

204

180

197

210

Darlington

165

132

131

131

2

120

121

110

102

107

Durham CC

1,211

1,060

978

978

888

923

869

845

831

901

Northumberland

2,560

2,184

2,211

2,211

2,056

1,847

1,879

1,775

1,712

1,744

Tyneside

195

209

194

194

176

185

154

145

138

150

Sunderland

66

80

87

87

2

90

91

83

43

43

West Cumbria

1,239

1,109

1,077

1,077

944

1,018

1,079

1,052

1,046

1,100

East Cumbria

2,808

2,395

2,090

2,090

1,956

2,035

2,075

2,004

2,059

2,116

Halton and Warrington

253

280

288

288

281

303

341

199

197

214

Cheshire CC

3,936

3,455

3,142

3,142

2,888

3,002

3,039

2,786

2,853

2,959

Greater Manchester South

463

424

436

2

394

382

305

317

312

315

Greater Manchester North

566

416

442

442

367

400

387

410

357

360

Blackburn with Darwen

84

65

66

66

2

63

60

51

60

71

Blackpool

140

27

31

31

2

2

19

13

13

2

Lancashire CC

5,791

5,456

4,830

4,830

4,290

4,455

4,427

4,442

4,407

4,382

East Merseyside

335

183

211

211

204

230

194

274

248

301

Liverpool

70

74

84

2

74

81

2

81

80

78

Sefton

177

138

146

146

139

149

154

181

176

175

Wirral

134

107

113

113

2

123

2

92

94

100

Kingston upon Hull, City of

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

9

2

12

East Riding of Yorkshire

4,659

3,926

3,709

3,709

2

3,610

3,446

3,359

2,991

3,022

North and North East Lincolnshire

1,128

1,040

950

950

895

982

926

791

773

794

York

272

283

255

255

2

220

2

215

194

224

North Yorkshire CC

7,616

6,415

6,173

6,173

5,733

6,071

5,893

5,692

5,861

6,076

Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham

1,092

904

871

871

785

801

759

766

703

768

Sheffield

186

171

167

167

139

155

165

154

167

187

Bradford

302

243

258

258

216

221

228

225

229

245

Leeds

644

637

631

631

540

596

539

521

562

559

Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield

1,046

881

821

821

726

782

752

800

722

783

Derby

31

20

20

20

19

19

22

27

20

10

East Derbyshire

530

431

410

410

351

369

350

346

371

422

South and West Derbyshire

2,135

1,794

1,464

1,464

1,350

1,441

1,452

1,399

1,434

1,523

Nottingham

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

North Nottinghamshire

1,825

1,587

1,609

1,609

1,584

1,685

1,763

1,501

1,455

1,558

South Nottinghamshire

846

759

835

2

773

828

811

751

622

652

Leicester

2

2

2

2

2

34

29

12

2

2

Leicestershire CC and Rutland

2,716

2,513

2,279

2,279

2,238

2,290

2,316

2,256

2,285

2,349

Northamptonshire

1,883

1,717

1,594

1,594

1,447

1,514

1,446

1,529

1,635

1,658

Lincolnshire

11,108

10,079

9,163

9,163

8,755

8,749

8,844

8,288

7,886

7,933

Herefordshire, County of

3,990

3,783

3,578

3,578

2

3,807

2

5,279

5,902

5,896

Worcestershire

4,171

3,700

3,198

3,198

3,074

3,405

3,169

3,058

2,945

3,116

Warwickshire

2,899

2,741

3,041

3,041

2,881

3,126

2,962

2,679

2,247

2,304

Telford and Wrekin

459

396

342

342

320

328

314

293

284

304

Shropshire CC

3,881

3,480

3,218

3,218

3,024

3,174

3,412

3,368

3,092

3,233

Stoke-on-Trent

14

12

20

20

2

18

2

14

11

12

Staffordshire CC

3,943

3,414

3,277

3,277

2,654

2,767

3,015

2,938

3,096

3,324

Birmingham

32

19

19

19

24

36

91

46

39

51

Solihull

205

148

137

137

2

130

2

111

115

117

Coventry

62

57

43

43

2

42

2

36

43

49

Dudley and Sandwell

45

48

58

58

54

57

64

44

35

44

Walsall and Wolverhampton

85

85

65

65

61

67

66

55

62

64

Peterborough

349

261

274

274

258

266

266

258

245

247

Cambridgeshire CC

4,832

4,344

4,329

4,329

3,833

4,335

4,583

4,540

4,301

4,676

Norfolk

9,781

8,560

8,325

8,325

7,776

8,111

7,393

6,539

7,000

7,441

Suffolk

6,532

5,715

5,157

5,157

4,712

4,982

4,986

4,715

4,449

4,416

Luton

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Bedfordshire CC

1,380

1,203

1,339

1,339

930

1,002

1,015

835

860

898

Hertfordshire

1,761

1,564

1,638

1,638

1,343

1,391

1,286

1,237

1,314

1,265

Southend-on-Sea

2

2

2

2

0

0

0

2

0

0

Thurrock

129

106

116

116

2

93

2

86

79

112

Essex CC

6,065

5,248

5,104

5,104

4,705

4,740

4,708

4,633

4,519

4,887

Inner London—West

0

0

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Inner London—East

2

2

2

2

2

61

2

51

50

57

Outer London—East and North East

315

297

281

281

246

290

294

266

274

235

Outer London—South

347

339

345

345

275

203

206

212

212

195

Outer London—West and North West

154

134

120

120

114

118

109

97

98

101

Berkshire

1,148

945

1,125

1,125

1,146

1,267

1,338

1,294

1,592

1,642

Milton Keynes

188

155

160

160

2

158

145

155

134

136

Buckinghamshire CC

1,727

1,424

1,279

1,279

1,146

1,267

1,301

1,155

1,210

1,267

Oxfordshire

2,666

2,172

2,125

2,125

1,903

2,041

2,003

1,934

1,924

1,958

Brighton and Hove

82

72

65

2

60

62

2

44

38

41

East Sussex CC

2,291

1,798

1,843

1,843

1,714

1,766

1,747

1,683

1,630

1,769

Surrey

2,998

2,555

2,414

2,414

2,109

2,317

2,286

2,318

2,212

2,053

West Sussex

5,394

4,633

4,660

4,660

4,351

4,488

4,622

4,494

4,422

4,075

Portsmouth

2

0

2

2

2

2

2

0

0

0

Southampton

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Hampshire CC

5,572

4,471

4,488

4,488

4,343

4,677

4,461

4,196

4,233

4,310

Isle of Wight

865

812

627

2

916

897

870

824

345

1,070

Medway

410

319

356

356

334

311

2

527

463

615

Kent CC

11,492

9,675

10,103

10,103

9,204

10,215

9,814

10,553

9,456

10,350

Bristol, City of

31

54

76

76

50

56

53

30

35

62

North and N E Somerset, South Glos

2,203

1,932

1,364

1,364

1,221

1,263

1,258

1,199

1,147

1,150

Gloucestershire

3,416

2,919

2,918

2,918

2,704

2,891

2,832

2,833

2,594

2,598

Swindon

176

160

149

149

2

120

2

118

121

116

Wiltshire CC

3,244

2,853

2,675

2,675

2,413

2,520

2,556

2,441

2,467

2,623

Bournemouth and Poole

53

40

34

34

30

35

35

19

18

14

Dorset CC

3,508

3,023

2,808

2,808

2,815

3,080

3,082

2,825

2,717

2,822

Somerset

5,277

4,690

4,343

4,343

3,886

4,216

4,235

4,047

3,849

4,013

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

5,204

5,004

4,323

4,323

4,010

4,350

3,924

3,827

3,724

4,534

Plymouth

100

2

2

2

2

2

2

12

2

2

Torbay

27

25

16

16

2

12

17

27

20

31

Devon CC

7,451

6,355

6,353

6,353

5,884

6,302

6,179

5,452

5,417

6,011

England

175,656

153,357

146,585

146,585

135,293

143,059

141,868

137,252

134,057

140,605

1 Data prior to 2000 refers to main holdings only. From 2000 onwards all holdings are included.

2 Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings.

Note:

Employees are salaried managers, full-time, part-time and casual workers, (paid and unpaid).

Source:

June Agricultural Survey