Sheep Tim Farron 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. Jim Fitzpatrick 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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.| | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------