Organic Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the amount of land in (a) England and (b) North Yorkshire and York organically farmed in each year since 1997. (304588)

We do not hold this information for years prior to 2002.

*Organic and In-conversion land in hectares England*
	Hectares
2002	184,045
2003	220,197
2004	229,626
2005	238,355
2006	229,861
2007	258,744
2008	283,993

We do not hold specific data for North Yorkshire and York, but we have data for Yorkshire and Humberside, as follows.

*Organic and In-conversion land, in hectares, Yorkshire and Humberside*
	Hectares
2002	6,968
2003	8,079
2004	8,560
2005	8,978
2006	9,032
2007	9,625
2008	10,899

Volume 502: debated on Wednesday 9 December 2009