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Dairy Farming

Written question asked by James Paice (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 February 2008. It was answered by Jonathan Shaw (Labour) on Thursday, 21 February 2008 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Question

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.

Answer

The following table shows the number of registered holdings in England with dairy cows from 2001 to 2006 by county/unitary authority."Notes:""1. Dairy cows are cows and heifers in the dairy herd which have calved.""2. Estimates have been made for holdings not responding or not selected for the survey.""Source:""June Agricultural Survey"

Holdings in England with dairy cows by county/unitary authority
200120022003200420052006
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees17141414¹—¹—
South Teesside353027272424
Darlington2421¹—19¹—15
Durham CC147142133131124123
Northumberland109100989397102
Tyneside¹—¹—¹—6¹—¹—
Sunderland¹—¹—¹—¹—00
West Cumbria322468476465451469
East Cumbria695869875855835809
Halton and Warrington19¹—1615¹—¹—
Cheshire CC1,1111,018963937887880
Greater Manchester South343025252424
Greater Manchester North1199689888587
Blackburn with Darwen3530¹—28¹—22
Blackpool00000¹—
Lancashire CC1,081952914880847849
East Merseyside¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
Liverpool¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—0
Sefton¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
Wirral1918¹—16¹—15
Kingston upon Hull, City of¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
East Riding of Yorkshire11198¹—96¹—87
North and North East Lincolnshire¹—¹—¹—12¹—¹—
York24211919¹—18
North Yorkshire CC1,2071,1211,0701,012977965
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham1161051001009492
Sheffield4942¹—37¹—34
Bradford7766¹—63¹—58
Leeds4036¹—31¹—31
Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield171145133125125130
Derby0¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
East Derbyshire12511210610410696
South and West Derbyshire682602562549543529
Nottingham000000
North Nottinghamshire797668646662
South Nottinghamshire¹—¹—¹—45¹—47
Leicester¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
Leicestershire CC and Rutland377338317305303282
Northamptonshire11710395898782
Lincolnshire13111510510510299
Herefordshire, County of249228¹—221¹—228
Worcestershire237221¹—199187177
Warwickshire242210198192175184
Telford and Wrekin4136¹—36¹—38
Shropshire CC875807778751723730
Stoke-on-Trent¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—14
Staffordshire CC1,088998945921896869
Birmingham¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
Solihull1918¹—16¹—17
Coventry¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
Dudley and Sandwell6¹—¹—5¹—5
Walsall and Wolverhampton¹—¹—¹—¹—00
Peterborough¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
Cambridgeshire CC353433313329
Norfolk186173158145144146
Suffolk115106101969591
Luton0¹—¹—¹—¹—0
Bedfordshire CC373128272525
Hertfordshire555041403938
Southend-on-Sea000000
Thurrock¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
Essex CC917467636056
Inner London—West000000
Inner London—East0¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
Outer London—East and North East¹—000¹—¹—
Outer London—South¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
Outer London—West and North West¹—7¹—7¹—7
Berkshire605248464544
Milton Keynes10¹—¹—7¹—8
Buckinghamshire CC134110999610196
Oxfordshire161138120116112118
Brighton and Hove¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
East Sussex CC162138125124119113
Surrey1029283828677
West Sussex178158142138129130
Portsmouth00000¹—
Southampton0000¹—¹—
Hampshire CC269242227221199198
Isle of Wight6153¹—51¹—44
Medway¹—¹—¹—0¹—0
Kent CC167138129129128120
Bristol, City of00000¹—
North and N E Somerset, South Gloucestershire357328310306288279
Gloucestershire410394380371335321
Swindon3432¹—28¹—30
Wiltshire CC554498466438412401
Bournemouth and Poole¹—0¹—¹—¹—¹—
Dorset CC725651612594572564
Somerset1,1901,0751,019978941918
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly1,2221,1011,0291,019971956
Plymouth¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—0
Torbay¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—¹—
Devon CC1,8431,7981,7131,6711,6161,584
England18,12516,89716,02715,55414,98014,772
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

Type
Written question
Reference
472 c917-22W; 185648
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Dairy farming
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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