21 Feb 2008 : Column 918Wcontinued
Dairy Farming
Mr. Paice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many holdings with dairy cows in each county in England there were in each year since 2001. [185648]
Jonathan Shaw:
The following table shows the number of registered holdings in England with dairy cows from 2001 to 2006 by county/unitary authority.
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21 Feb 2008 : Column 920W
Holdings in England with dairy cows by county/unitary authority |
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
|
17
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
South Teesside
|
35
|
30
|
27
|
27
|
24
|
24
|
Darlington
|
24
|
21
|
(1)
|
19
|
(1)
|
15
|
Durham CC
|
147
|
142
|
133
|
131
|
124
|
123
|
Northumberland
|
109
|
100
|
98
|
93
|
97
|
102
|
Tyneside
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
6
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Sunderland
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
0
|
0
|
West Cumbria
|
322
|
468
|
476
|
465
|
451
|
469
|
East Cumbria
|
695
|
869
|
875
|
855
|
835
|
809
|
Halton and Warrington
|
19
|
(1)
|
16
|
15
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Cheshire CC
|
1,111
|
1,018
|
963
|
937
|
887
|
880
|
Greater Manchester South
|
34
|
30
|
25
|
25
|
24
|
24
|
Greater Manchester North
|
119
|
96
|
89
|
88
|
85
|
87
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
35
|
30
|
(1)
|
28
|
(1)
|
22
|
Blackpool
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
(1)
|
Lancashire CC
|
1,081
|
952
|
914
|
880
|
847
|
849
|
East Merseyside
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Liverpool
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
0
|
Sefton
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Wirral
|
19
|
18
|
(1)
|
16
|
(1)
|
15
|
Kingston upon Hull, City of
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
111
|
98
|
(1)
|
96
|
(1)
|
87
|
North and North East Lincolnshire
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
12
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
York
|
24
|
21
|
19
|
19
|
(1)
|
18
|
North Yorkshire CC
|
1,207
|
1,121
|
1,070
|
1,012
|
977
|
965
|
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
|
116
|
105
|
100
|
100
|
94
|
92
|
Sheffield
|
49
|
42
|
(1)
|
37
|
(1)
|
34
|
Bradford
|
77
|
66
|
(1)
|
63
|
(1)
|
58
|
Leeds
|
40
|
36
|
(1)
|
31
|
(1)
|
31
|
Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield
|
171
|
145
|
133
|
125
|
125
|
130
|
Derby
|
0
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
East Derbyshire
|
125
|
112
|
106
|
104
|
106
|
96
|
South and West Derbyshire
|
682
|
602
|
562
|
549
|
543
|
529
|
Nottingham
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
North Nottinghamshire
|
79
|
76
|
68
|
64
|
66
|
62
|
South Nottinghamshire
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
45
|
(1)
|
47
|
Leicester
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Leicestershire CC and Rutland
|
377
|
338
|
317
|
305
|
303
|
282
|
Northamptonshire
|
117
|
103
|
95
|
89
|
87
|
82
|
Lincolnshire
|
131
|
115
|
105
|
105
|
102
|
99
|
Herefordshire, County of
|
249
|
228
|
(1)
|
221
|
(1)
|
228
|
Worcestershire
|
237
|
221
|
(1)
|
199
|
187
|
177
|
Warwickshire
|
242
|
210
|
198
|
192
|
175
|
184
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
41
|
36
|
(1)
|
36
|
(1)
|
38
|
Shropshire CC
|
875
|
807
|
778
|
751
|
723
|
730
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
14
|
Staffordshire CC
|
1,088
|
998
|
945
|
921
|
896
|
869
|
Birmingham
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Solihull
|
19
|
18
|
(1)
|
16
|
(1)
|
17
|
Coventry
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Dudley and Sandwell
|
6
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
5
|
(1)
|
5
|
Walsall and Wolverhampton
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
0
|
0
|
Peterborough
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Cambridgeshire CC
|
35
|
34
|
33
|
31
|
33
|
29
|
Norfolk
|
186
|
173
|
158
|
145
|
144
|
146
|
Suffolk
|
115
|
106
|
101
|
96
|
95
|
91
|
Luton
|
0
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
0
|
Bedfordshire CC
|
37
|
31
|
28
|
27
|
25
|
25
|
Hertfordshire
|
55
|
50
|
41
|
40
|
39
|
38
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Thurrock
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Essex CC
|
91
|
74
|
67
|
63
|
60
|
56
|
Inner LondonWest
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Inner LondonEast
|
0
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
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21 Feb 2008 : Column 922W
Outer LondonEast and North East
|
(1)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Outer LondonSouth
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Outer LondonWest and North West
|
(1)
|
7
|
(1)
|
7
|
(1)
|
7
|
Berkshire
|
60
|
52
|
48
|
46
|
45
|
44
|
Milton Keynes
|
10
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
7
|
(1)
|
8
|
Buckinghamshire CC
|
134
|
110
|
99
|
96
|
101
|
96
|
Oxfordshire
|
161
|
138
|
120
|
116
|
112
|
118
|
Brighton and Hove
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
East Sussex CC
|
162
|
138
|
125
|
124
|
119
|
113
|
Surrey
|
102
|
92
|
83
|
82
|
86
|
77
|
West Sussex
|
178
|
158
|
142
|
138
|
129
|
130
|
Portsmouth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
(1)
|
Southampton
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Hampshire CC
|
269
|
242
|
227
|
221
|
199
|
198
|
Isle of Wight
|
61
|
53
|
(1)
|
51
|
(1)
|
44
|
Medway
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
0
|
(1)
|
0
|
Kent CC
|
167
|
138
|
129
|
129
|
128
|
120
|
Bristol, City of
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
(1)
|
North and N E Somerset, South Gloucestershire
|
357
|
328
|
310
|
306
|
288
|
279
|
Gloucestershire
|
410
|
394
|
380
|
371
|
335
|
321
|
Swindon
|
34
|
32
|
(1)
|
28
|
(1)
|
30
|
Wiltshire CC
|
554
|
498
|
466
|
438
|
412
|
401
|
Bournemouth and Poole
|
(1)
|
0
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Dorset CC
|
725
|
651
|
612
|
594
|
572
|
564
|
Somerset
|
1,190
|
1,075
|
1,019
|
978
|
941
|
918
|
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
|
1,222
|
1,101
|
1,029
|
1,019
|
971
|
956
|
Plymouth
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
0
|
Torbay
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
Devon CC
|
1,843
|
1,798
|
1,713
|
1,671
|
1,616
|
1,584
|
England
|
18,125
|
16,897
|
16,027
|
15,554
|
14,980
|
14,772
|
(1) Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings.
Note:
Automated and manual processing systems used for protecting the confidentiality of individual holdings lead to differing patterns of suppression across the years.
Source:
June Agricultural Survey
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