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Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people were employed in agriculture in each of the last 10 years, broken down by county. [135239]

Barry Gardiner: Total agricultural and horticultural employees and total labour force and by county in England for 2002 to 2006 can be found in the following tables.

These are the figures which are most readily available.


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Total agricultural and horticultural labour force in England by county/unitary authority
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees

564

543

544

497

499

South Teesside

515

509

533

531

481

Darlington

509

(1)

501

517

473

Durham CC

4,243

4,084

4,193

4,118

4,155

Northumberland

5,892

5,707

5,536

5,535

5,521

Tyneside

470

437

470

442

427

Sunderland

172

(1)

171

184

169

West Cumbria

4,311

4,185

4,311

4,363

4,497

East Cumbria

8,956

8,711

8,839

8,777

8,825

Halton and Warrington

649

627

659

691

529

Cheshire CC

9,173

8,783

9,017

9,048

8,834

Greater Manchester South

(1)

993

1,002

903

906

Greater Manchester North

1,923

1,738

1,809

1,822

1,863

Blackburn with Darwen

362

(1)

355

347

356

Blackpool

79

(1)

(1)

68

61

Lancashire CC

12,605

11,733

12,010

11,934

11,890

East Merseyside

517

508

534

486

569

Liverpool

(1)

80

87

(1)

90

Sefton

303

288

298

296

342

Wirral

275

(1)

281

(1)

255

Kingston Upon Hull, City of

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

20

East Riding of Yorkshire

7,859

(1)

7,736

7,440

7,285

North and North East Lincolnshire

2,179

2,110

2,211

2,114

1,909

York

789

(1)

736

(1)

711

North Yorkshire CC

19,731

19,000

19,557

19,234

19,140

Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham

2,828

2,686

2,758

2,666

2,674

Sheffield

580

544

579

583

572

Bradford

1,257

1,199

1,247

1,283

1,231

Leeds

1,462

1,349

1,412

1,340

1,339

Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield

3,705

3,443

3,626

3,610

3,634

Derby

55

56

56

58

69

East Derbyshire

1,621

1,536

1,582

1,560

1,548

South and West Derbyshire

6,163

5,920

6,132

6,137

6,198

Nottingham

(1)

(1)

(1)

25

(1)

North Nottinghamshire

3,609

3,541

3,682

3,760

3,526

South Nottinghamshire

(1)

1,758

1,810

1,756

1,724

Leicester

(1)

(1)

49

41

24

Leicestershire CC and Rutland

6,477

6,318

6,486

6,490

6,450

Northamptonshire

4,703

4,485

4,615

4,509

4,632

Lincolnshire

17,462

16,763

16,840

16,787

16,103

Herefordshire, County of

9,048

(1)

9,370

(1)

11,024

Worcestershire

7,840

7,558

8,015

7,716

7,513

Warwickshire

6,695

6,381

6,726

6,504

6,247

Telford and Wrekin

787

748

772

800

808

Shropshire CC

10,887

10,513

10,985

11,120

11,022

Stoke-on-Trent

104

(1)

109

(1)

123

Staffordshire CC

10,475

9,599

9,851

10,074

9,887

Birmingham

70

73

88

139

102

Solihull

432

(1)

419

(1)

403

Coventry

138

(1)

148

(1)

138

Dudley and Sandwell

124

122

133

141

106

Walsall and Wolverhampton

180

165

168

158

162

Peterborough

573

545

567

546

564

Cambridgeshire CC

8,614

8,031

8,541

8,649

8,584

Norfolk

15,871

15,048

15,518

14,652

13,575

Suffolk

10,785

10,208

10,683

10,621

10,293

Luton

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

Bedfordshire CC

3,089

2,627

2,742

2,704

2,515

Hertfordshire

3,399

3,086

3,176

3,047

3,011

Southend-on-Sea

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

Thurrock

255

(1)

225

(1)

206

Essex CC

10,119

9,590

9,679

9,576

9,395

Inner London—West

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

Inner London—East

59

(1)

76

(1)

63

Outer London—East and North East

445

407

457

456

424

Outer London—South

562

486

410

400

369

Outer London—West and North West

240

230

239

232

220

Berkshire

2,218

2,210

2,388

2,511

2,451

Milton Keynes

441

(1)

440

412

456

Buckinghamshire CC

3,693

3,492

3,703

3,742

3,618

Oxfordshire

5,331

5,018

5,212

5,159

5,180

Brighton and Hove

(1)

90

97

(1)

80

East Sussex CC

5,168

4,935

5,129

5,188

5,177

Surrey

4,733

4,317

4,562

4,507

4,524

West Sussex

7,556

7,172

7,376

7,490

7,409

Portsmouth

(1)

(1)

(1)

11

(1)

Southampton

49

45

48

48

39

Hampshire CC

9,078

8,850

9,343

9,157

9,015

Isle of Wight

(1)

1,683

1,685

1,652

1,607

Medway

480

471

459

(1)

659

Kent CC

15,946

14,934

16,118

15,656

16,424

Bristol, City of

105

81

93

97

82

North and N E Somerset, South Gloucester

4,376

4,156

4,290

4,302

4,284

Gloucestershire

8,215

7,845

8,192

8,138

8,110

Swindon

394

(1)

372

(1)

376

Wiltshire CC

7,072

6,716

6,870

6,899

6,847

Bournemouth and Poole

76

74

78

81

65

Dorset CC

7,427

7,273

7,707

7,657

7,493

Somerset

13,225

12,514

13,043

13,147

13,117

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

14,808

14,116

14,780

14,342

14,246

Plymouth

39

(1)

(1)

(1)

45

Torbay

81

(1)

79

90

102

Devon CC

23,898

22,966

23,857

23,872

23,241

England

371,824

354,381

367,490

364,891

361 ,027

(1) Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings.
Note :
Data for 2002, 2003 and 2005 are compiled from a large published datasets; these are treated each year to ensure confidentiality across every geographical level from country to ward hence the differing pattern of suppression in those years.
Source:
June Agricultural Survey

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