Cereal Production

Dr. David Clark
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the amount of land in each county which has been under cereal production for each year since 1987.

Mr. Gummer
The information requested is given in the following table. Data are taken from the 1987 to 1990 June agricultural censuses and hence exclude estimates for minor holdings not in the annual census.------------------------
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|Avon                  |
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|Bedfordshire          |
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|Berkshire             |
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|Buckinghamshire       |
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|Cambridgeshire        |
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|Cheshire              |
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|Cleveland             |
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|Cornwall1             |
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|Cumbria               |
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|Derbyshire            |
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|Devon                 |
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|Dorset                |
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|Durham                |
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|East Sussex           |
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|Essex                 |
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|Gloucestershire       |
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|Greater London        |
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|Greater Manchester    |
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|Hampshire             |
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|Hereford and Worcester|
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|Hertfordshire         |
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|Humberside            |
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|Isle of Wight         |
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|Kent                  |
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|Lancashire            |
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|Leicestershire        |
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|Lincolnshire          |
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|Merseyside            |
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|Norfolk               |
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|North Yorkshire       |
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|Northamptonshire      |
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|Northumberland        |
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|Nottinghamshire       |
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|Oxfordshire           |
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|Shropshire            |
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|Somerset              |
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|South Yorkshire       |
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|Staffordshire         |
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|Suffolk               |
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|Surrey                |
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|Tyne and Wear         |
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|Warwickshire          |
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|West Midlands         |
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|West Sussex           |
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|West Yorkshire        |
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|Wiltshire             |
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|England               |
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Notes: Minor holdings are excluded. Triticale is included from 1989.