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Note that the fall in output values in 2005 is partly a consequence of the introduction of the Single Payment scheme which is not included in output (as it is decoupled from production).

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average farm income in Cornwall was of (a) dairy, (b) crop, (c) horticultures, (d) livestock, (e) poultry and (f) organic farms in each year since 1979. [149221]

Jonathan Shaw: Table 1 shows average net farm income per farm in Cornwall for those farm types that are sufficiently represented in the Farm Business Survey from 1980. Table 2 shows comparable data for
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the South West Government Office Region. Data are not available on a comparable basis for 1979. Data on organic enterprises were not collected prior to 1999-2000.

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.

Table 1
	Average net farm incomes (£/farm) in Cornwall( 1)
March/February years	( 2) Dairy farms	Livestock farms
1980-81	7,500	4,000
1981-82	11,100	8,500
1982-83	11,200	9,400
1983-84	6,500	5,900
1984-85	5,000	4,500
1985-86	13,200	7,500
1986-87	11,900	6,600
1987-88	17,000	14,700
1988-89	23,700	18,200
1989-90	17,200	11,300
1990-91	13,800	9,500
1991-92	16,700	12,200
1992-93	21,500	17,100
1993-94	29,200	21,300
1994-95	19,600	14,300
1995-96	23,900	21,300
1996-97	15,400	8,700
1997-98	10,800	2,700
1998-99	1,100	-500
1999-2000	n/a	-200
2000-01	14,300	3,500
2001-02	35,900	18,100
2002-03	25,600	17,100
2003-04	27,000	17,700
2004-05	n/a	12,100
2005-06	n/a	12,800
n/a = data not available, too few farms in sample (1) Minimum size threshold for inclusion in the FBS was as follows: 1980-81 to 1991-92—4 BSU (British Size Units) (1 BSU = 2,000 European Currency Units (now known as euros) of standard gross margin) 1992-93 to 1995-96—8 ESU (European Size Units) (1 ESU = 1,200 European Currency Units (now known as euros) of standard gross margin) 1996-97 onwards—0.5 SLR (Standard Labour Requirement) (2 )These farms are a subset of livestock farms Source: Farm Business Survey

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Table 2
	Average net farm incomes (£/farm) in South West ( 1)
March/February years	( 2) Dairy farms	Cropping farms	( 3) Horticulture farms	Livestock farms	Organic farms
1980-81	10,400	n/a	n/a	8,100	—
1981-82	14,200	21,800	n/a	11,700	—
1982-83	16,400	12,900	4,400	10,000	—
1983-84	8,300	25,100	n/a	6,700	—
1984-85	8,200	24,500	n/a	6,900	—
1985-86	14,500	2,600	3,800	10,400	—
1986-87	13,900	14,100	n/a	9,100	—
1987-88	23,300	10,100	n/a	17,800	—
1988-89	31,200	6,700	13,000	22,500	—
1989-90	26,100	6,200	11,600	17,400	—
1990-91	27,300	24,700	14,900	19,500	—
1991-92	32,400	19,600	13,300	22,300	—
1992-93	29,400	19,100	14,900	19,600	—
1993-94	21,700	15,300	26,600	15,100	—
1994-95	19,300	8,800	16,100	12,600	—
1995-96	33,000	41,400	29,700	26,800	—
1996-97	25,300	28,300	15,900	20,300	—
1997-98	17,800	15,900	18,200	12,000	—
1998-99	10,400	7,500	25,000	7,600	—
1999-2000	7,900	13,800	35,700	5,400	n/a
2000-01	11,300	8,700	27,000	5,100	n/a
2001-02	27,900	11,200	32,800	16,800	n/a
2002-03	19,500	16,500	29,000	14,400	11,400
2003-04	27,100	29,200	37,600	17,700	19,600
2004-05	31,000	17,300	21,700	17,100	19,100
2005-06	30,800	20,900	26,300	17,400	n/a
n/a = data not available, too few farms in sample (1) Minimum size threshold for inclusion in the FBS was as follows: 1980-81 to 1991-92—4 BSU (British Size Units) (1 BSU = 2,000 European Currency Units (now known as euros) of standard gross margin) 1992-93 to 1995-96—8 ESU (European Size Units) (1 ESU = 1200 European Currency Units (now known as euros) of standard gross margin) 1996-97 onwards—0.5 SLR (Standard Labour Requirement) (2) These farms are a subset of livestock farms (3 )These farms are a subset of cropping farms Source: Farm Business Survey

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what area of land was used by each farming sector in Cornwall in each year since 1979. [149222]

Jonathan Shaw: The total area on registered holdings in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly at June each year from 1981 to 2005 can be found in the following tables. Data for 1979 and 1980 are not available at this level. Figures for 2006 will be available later in the month.

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