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Net farm income is defined as the return to the principal farmer and spouse for their manual and managerial labour and on the tenant type capital of the business. It excludes all income arising from outside the farm business.
Farmers: Low Incomes
Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what proportion of farmer households in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England were below the modified low income threshold in each year for which figures are available. [147704]
Jonathan Shaw:
The following table shows the number and proportion of farmer households below the modified low income threshold in Cornwall, the South West and England in 2005-06. Farm household income data are not available prior to this. Data for 2006-07 will become available in the first half of 2008.
| Estimated number of farm households below the modified low income threshold | Estimated proportion of households below the modified low income threshold (percentage) |
Cornwall
|
800
|
55
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South West GOR
|
4,300
|
37
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England
|
19,100
|
31
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Source:
Farm Business Survey, 2005-06
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Farmers: Manpower
Mr. Evans:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers there were in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in each year since 1979; and what proportion of the total work force they made up. [147431]
Jonathan Shaw:
The following table shows the number of farmers and total agricultural work force in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) the North West and (c) England
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and the proportion of the total UK work force they made up for 1992-2006. These are the figures that are most readily available. Figures for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland fall under the jurisdiction of the devolved authorities.
PQ 3543 Numbers of farmers and agricultural labour in Ribble Valley local authority, the North West region and England |
| (a) Ribble Valley |
| Farmers | As percentage of total UK work force | Agricultural labour | As percentage of total UK work force |
1992
|
1,277
|
0.00
|
1,861
|
0.01
|
1993
|
1,309
|
0.00
|
1,884
|
0.01.
|
1994
|
1,290
|
0.00
|
1,887
|
0.01
|
1995
|
1,253
|
0.00
|
1,818
|
0.01
|
1996
|
1,266
|
0.00
|
1,803
|
0.01
|
1997
|
1,253
|
0.00
|
1,797
|
0.01
|
1998
|
1,255
|
0.00
|
1,795
|
0.01
|
1999
|
1,245
|
0.00
|
1,728
|
0.01
|
2000
|
1,274
|
0.00
|
1,646
|
0.01
|
2001
|
1,323
|
0.00
|
1,697
|
0.01
|
2002
|
1,278
|
0.00
|
1,639
|
0.01
|
2003
|
1,218
|
0.00
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
2004
|
1,254
|
0.00
|
1,633
|
0.01
|
2005
|
1,243
|
0.00
|
1,576
|
0.01
|
2006
|
1,251
|
0.00
|
1,576
|
0.01
|
| (b) North West |
| Farmers | As percentage of total UK work force | Agricultural labour | As percentage of total UK work force |
1992
|
27,402
|
0.10
|
46,312
|
0.17
|
1993
|
27,605
|
0.10
|
46,147
|
0.17
|
1994
|
27,504
|
0.10
|
46,155
|
0.17
|
1995
|
26,461
|
0.09
|
45,148
|
0.16
|
1996
|
26,412
|
0.09
|
45,026
|
0.16
|
1997
|
26,199
|
0.09
|
44,593
|
0.16
|
1998
|
26,536
|
0.09
|
44,280
|
0.15
|
1999
|
26,024
|
0.09
|
42,020
|
0.14
|
2000
|
27,548
|
0.09
|
41,696
|
0.14
|
2001
|
28,670
|
0.10
|
42,413
|
0.14
|
2002
|
27,392
|
0.09
|
40,317
|
0.13
|
2003
|
26,601
|
0.09
|
38,340
|
0.13
|
2004
|
27,065
|
0.09
|
39,347
|
0.13
|
2005
|
26,824
|
0.09
|
39,097
|
0.13
|
2006
|
27,113
|
0.09
|
39,016
|
0.12
|
| (c) England |
| Farmers | As percentage of total UK work force | Agricultural labour | As percentage of total UK work force |
1992
|
213,337
|
0.8
|
420,074
|
1.5
|
1993
|
216,094
|
0.8
|
417,619
|
1.5
|
1994
|
215,010
|
0.8
|
410,809
|
1.5
|
1995
|
208,050
|
0.7
|
400,887
|
1.4
|
1996
|
207,807
|
0.7
|
396,786
|
1.4
|
1997
|
206,421
|
0.7
|
393,105
|
1.4
|
1998
|
208,156
|
0.7
|
396,557
|
1.4
|
1999
|
203,362
|
0.7
|
379,018
|
1.3
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2000
|
220,934
|
0.7
|
374,291
|
1.3
|
2001
|
233,738
|
0.8
|
386,732
|
1.3
|
2002
|
225,521
|
0.7
|
371,824
|
1.2
|
2003
|
219,123
|
0.7
|
354,381
|
1.2
|
2004
|
224,449
|
0.7
|
367,585
|
1.2
|
2005
|
223,008
|
0.7
|
364,891
|
1.2
|
2006
|
223,769
|
0.7
|
361,017
|
1.1
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(1) Suppressed to maintain confidentiality. 2003 data for total labour in Ribble Valley are taken from a larger published dataset and have been suppressed to protect a total in another area where the value refers to a small number of holdings only.
Notes:
1. Figures prior to 2000 cover main holdings only. Figures from 2000 onwards include main and minor holdings. A minor holding has to meet all the following conditions:
(a) have a total area of less than six hectares
(b) a total labour requirement of less than 100 standard person days
(c) no regular full-time farmer or worker
(d) a glasshouse area of less than a 100 square metres
(e) the occupier does not farm another holding
2. Estimates have been made for holdings not selected or not responding.
3. Office of National Statistics total labour force figures include all work force categories (employed, self-employed, HM forces and Government supported trainees).
4. Agricultural labour force includes:
(a) principal farmers, spouses and business partners
(b) salaried managers, regular and casual/gang workers
5. Due to the introduction of new questions in 1998 figures prior to this year are not directly comparable with earlier years results.
6. Due to a register improvement exercise in 2001 labour figures prior to this are not directly comparable with later results.
Sources:
1. June Agricultural Survey
2. Office for National Statistics
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