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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many holdings with dairy cows in England and Wales there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by county.

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 April 2007

For answer on

30 April 2007

Answered on

8 May 2007

The following table shows the number of registered holdings in England with dairy cows from 2002 to 2006 by county/unitary authority. These are the figures which were most readily available. Figures for Wales fall under the jurisdiction of the devolved authority.

Holdings in England with dairy cows by county/unitary authority
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees	14	14	14	¹—	¹—
South Teesside	30	27	27	24	24
Darlington	21	¹—	19	¹—	15
Durham CC	142	133	131	124	123
Northumberland	100	98	93	97	102
Tyneside	¹—	¹—	6	¹—	¹—
Sunderland	¹—	¹—	¹—	0	0
West Cumbria	468	476	465	451	469
East Cumbria	869	875	855	835	809
Halton and Warrington	¹—	16	1	¹—	¹—
Cheshire CC	1,018	963	937	887	880
Greater Manchester South	30	25	25	24	24
Greater Manchester North	96	89	88	85	87
Blackburn With Darwen	30	¹—	28	¹—	22
Blackpool	0	0	0	0	¹—
Lancashire CC	952	914	880	847	849
East Merseyside	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Liverpool	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	0
Sefton	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Wirral	18	¹—	16	¹—	15
Kingston upon Hull, City of	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Riding Of Yorkshire	98	¹—	96	¹—	87
North and North East Lincolnshire	¹—	¹—	12	¹—	¹—
York	21	19	19	¹—	18
North Yorkshire CC	1,121	1,070	1,012	977	965
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham	105	100	100	94	92
Sheffield	42	¹—	37	¹—	34
Bradford	66	¹—	63	¹—	58
Leeds	36	¹—	31	¹—	31
Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield	145	133	125	125	130
Derby	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Derbyshire	112	106	104	106	96
South and West Derbyshire	602	562	549	543	529
Nottingham	0	0	0	0	0
North Nottinghamshire	76	68	64	66	62
South Nottinghamshire	¹—	¹—	45	¹—	47
Leicester	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Leicestershire CC and Rutland	338	317	305	303	282
Northamptonshire	103	95	89	87	82
Lincolnshire	115	105	105	102	99
Herefordshire, County of	228	¹—	221	¹—	228
Worcestershire	221	¹—	199	187	177
Warwickshire	210	198	192	175	184
Telford and Wrekin	36	¹—	36	¹—	38
Shropshire CC	807	778	751	723	730
Stoke-on-Trent	¹—	¹—	¹—	#	14
Staffordshire CC	998	945	921	896	869
Birmingham	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Solihull	18	¹—	16	¹—	17
Coventry	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Dudley and Sandwell	¹—	¹—	5	¹—	5
Walsall and Wolverhampton	¹—	¹—	¹—	0	0
Peterborough	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Cambridgeshire CC	34	33	31	33	29
Norfolk	173	158	145	144	146
Suffolk	106	101	96	95	91
Luton	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	0
Bedfordshire CC	31	28	27	25	25
Hertfordshire	50	41	40	39	38
Southend-on-Sea	0	0	0	0	0
Thurrock	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Essex CC	74	67	63	60	56
Inner London—West	0	0	0	0	0
Inner London—East	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Outer London—East and North East	0	0	0	¹—	¹—
Outer London—South	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Outer London—West and North West	7	¹—	7	¹—	7
Berkshire	52	48	46	45	44
Milton Keynes	¹—	¹—	7	¹—	8
Buckinghamshire CC	110	99	96	101	96
Oxfordshire	138	120	116	112	118
Brighton and Hove	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Sussex CC	138	125	124	119	113
Surrey	92	83	82	86	77
West Sussex	158	142	138	129	130
Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	¹—
Southampton	0	0	0	¹—	¹—
Hampshire CC	242	227	221	199	198
Isle of Wight	53	¹—	51	¹—	44
Medway	¹—	¹—	0	¹—	0
Kent CC	138	129	129	128	120
Bristol, City of	0	0	0	0	¹—
North and NE Somerset, South Gloucester	328	310	306	288	279
Gloucestershire	394	380	371	335	321
Swindon	32	¹—	28	¹—	30
Wiltshire CC	498	466	438	412	401
Bournemouth and Poole	0	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Dorset CC	651	612	594	572	564
Somerset	1,075	1,019	978	941	918
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	1,101	1,029	1,019	971	956
Plymouth	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	0
Torbay	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Devon CC	1,798	1,713	1,671	1,616	1,584
England	16,897	16,027	15,554	14,980	14,772
¹ Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings. 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. 3. 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.

Subjects

Dairy farming

Date

8 May 2007

Reference

135236; 460 c33-5W;460 c34-6W

House

House of Commons

Livestock Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average (a) dairy herd and (b) beef herd size was in (i) the UK, (ii) England and Wales and (iii) each county in each year since 1997.

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 April 2007

For answer on

30 April 2007

Answered on

8 May 2007

The following tables show the average size of dairy and beef herds in England by county for 2002 to 2006. These are the figures which are most readily available. Figures for Wales fall under the jurisdiction of the devolved authority.

(a) Average dairy herd size in England by county
	Average dairy cows per herd
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees	88	91	88	¹—	¹—
South Teesside	56	59	59	64	52
Darlington	85	¹—	88	¹—	87
Durham CC	62	60	57	54	57
Northumberland	87	90	89	84	76
Tyneside	¹—	¹—	57	¹—	¹—
Sunderland	¹—	¹—	¹—	0	0
West Cumbria	82	82	80	82	85
East Cumbria	83	85	84	84	85
Halton and Warrington	¹—	107	104	¹—	¹—
Cheshire CC	111	116	114	115	113
Greater Manchester South	66	70	72	65	62
Greater Manchester North	59	61	59	61	65
Blackburn with Darwen	54	¹—	54	¹—	56
Blackpool	0	0	0	0	¹—
Lancashire CC	82	84	84	85	85
East Merseyside	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Liverpool	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	0
Sefton	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Wirral	124	¹—	128	¹—	126
Kingston upon Hull, City of	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Riding of Yorkshire	68	¹—	66	¹—	63
North And North East Lincolnshire	¹—	¹—	28	¹—	¹—
York	62	72	65	¹—	67
North Yorkshire CC	74	77	78	78	77
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham	73	74	71	72	74
Sheffield	58	¹—	58	¹—	62
Bradford	63	¹—	63	¹—	67
Leeds	63	¹—	72	¹—	73
Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield	60	66	68	68	66
Derby	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Derbyshire	57	57	59	55	52
South and West Derbyshire	76	78	78	76	76
Nottingham	0	0	0	0	0
North Nottinghamshire	90	95	96	89	91
South Nottinghamshire	¹—	¹—	81	¹—	93
Leicester	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Leicestershire CC and Rutland	96	102	97	92	90
Northamptonshire	92	93	86	84	79
Lincolnshire	83	88	85	80	79
Herefordshire, County of	81	¹—	85	¹—	77
Worcestershire	77	¹—	80	76	80
Warwickshire	75	75	72	70	68
Telford and Wrekin	101	¹—	104	¹—	107
Shropshire CC	92	95	96	95	96
Stoke-on-Trent	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	57
Staffordshire CC	83	86	87	85	87
Birmingham	¹—	¹—	20	¹—	¹—
Solihull	97	¹—	88	¹—	87
Coventry	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Dudley and Sandwell	¹—	¹—	29	¹—	40
Walsall and Wolverhampton	¹—	¹—	¹—	0	0
Peterborough	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Cambridgeshire CC	57	56	60	50	55
Norfolk	82	85	84	83	76
Suffolk	74	72	68	61	55
Luton	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	0
Bedfordshire CC	67	74	72	77	69
Hertfordshire	78	70	65	53	59
Southend-on-Sea	0	0	0	0	0
Thurrock	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Essex CC	84	90	81	80	78
Inner London-West	0	0	0	0	0
Inner London-East	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Outer London—East and North East	0	0	0	¹—	¹—
Outer London—South	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Outer London—West and North West	88	¹—	79	¹—	90
Berkshire	124	130	128	122	121
Milton Keynes	¹—	¹—	96	¹—	80
Buckinghamshire CC	103	107	108	98	92
Oxfordshire	102	108	108	103	92
Brighton and Hove	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Sussex CC	90	88	83	79	78
Surrey	96	103	104	93	92
West Sussex	109	113	111	113	112
Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	¹—
Southampton	0	0	0	¹—	¹—
Hampshire CC	100	103	105	106	102
Isle of Wight	82	¹—	81	¹—	80
Medway	¹—	¹—	0	¹—	0
Kent CC	91	97	91	86	91
Bristol, City of	0	0	0	0	¹—
North and N E Somerset, South Gloucester	91	94	93	95	94
Gloucestershire	90	93	91	93	90
Swindon	103	¹—	99	¹—	92
Wiltshire CC	105	107	106	107	106
Bournemouth and Poole	0	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Dorset CC	113	116	114	114	113
Somerset	99	103	102	102	103
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	75	79	78	76	77
Plymouth	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	0
Torbay	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Devon CC	80	83	82	82	83
England	87	90	88	88	87
¹ Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings. Data for 2002, 2003 and 2005 are complied 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.
Notes:
1. Dairy/beef cows are any cows or heifers that have calved including cull cows. Dairy and beef herd replacements are not included nor are cattle intended for slaughter.
2. Some holdings may have both dairy and beef cows and will therefore be included in the holding counts of both categories.
3. Estimates have been made for holdings not responding or not selected for the survey.
Source:
June Agricultural Survey

(b) Average beef herd size in England by county
	Average dairy beef per herd
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Hartlepool and Stockton-On-Tees	¹—	21	20	¹—	24
South Teesside	32	35	31	32	31
Darlington	22	¹—	24	¹—	24
Durham CC	32	33	33	32	31
Northumberland	58	59	58	56	53
Tyneside	30	¹—	36	¹—	34
Sunderland	¹—	¹—	32	¹—	27
West Cumbria	25	27	28	29	29
East Cumbria	28	29	29	30	29
Halton and Warrington	15	¹—	16	¹—	18
Cheshire CC	16	18	18	18	17
Greater Manchester South	14	15	14	15	19
Greater Manchester North	16	18	18	19	18
Blackburn with Darwen	14	¹—	14	¹—	19
Blackpool	¹—	0	0	0	0
Lancashire CC	20	22	22	22	21
East Merseyside	¹—	¹—	29	¹—	40
Liverpool	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Sefton	¹—	¹—	38	¹—	¹—
Wirral	13	¹—	17	¹—	16
Kingston upon Hull, City of	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Riding of Yorkshire	29	¹—	30	¹—	30
North and North East Lincolnshire	23	¹—	24	¹—	23
York	¹—	¹—	25	¹—	¹—
North Yorkshire CC	27	29	28	28	28
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham	22	23	22	21	22
Sheffield	26	¹—	27	¹—	27
Bradford	19	¹—	20	¹—	21
Leeds	21	¹—	23	¹—	25
Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield	18	19	18	18	20
Derby	¹—	¹—	14	¹—	¹—
East Derbyshire	16	18	18	18	18
South and West Derbyshire	23	25	24	24	25
Nottingham	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
North Nottinghamshire	24	25	25	24	24
South Nottinghamshire	19	¹—	20	¹—	20
Leicester	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Leicestershire CC and Rutland	24	25	25	25	25
Northamptonshire	31	34	33	32	33
Lincolnshire	32	34	33	33	32
Herefordshire, County of	24	¹—	25	¹—	24
Worcestershire	18	¹—	18	18	18
Warwickshire	22	23	23	23	23
Telford and Wrekin	19	¹—	20	¹—	23
Shropshire CC	26	28	27	26	25
Stoke-on-Trent	¹—	¹—	10	¹—	30
Staffordshire CC	17	19	18	18	19
Birmingham	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Solihull	23	¹—	24	¹—	25
Coventry	¹—	¹—	17	¹—	36
Dudley and Sandwell	9	¹—	11	¹—	¹—
Walsall and Wolverhampton	17	¹—	24	¹—	21
Peterborough	¹—	¹—	18	¹—	¹—
Cambridgeshire CC	26	28	27	28	28
Norfolk	32	33	32	33	34
Suffolk	25	25	25	24	23
Luton	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Bedfordshire CC	19	20	18	18	19
Hertfordshire	29	31	30	32	27
Southend-On-Sea	0	0	0	0	0
Thurrock	32	¹—	32	¹—	37
Essex CC	20	23	23	23	22
Inner London-West	0	¹—	¹—	¹—	0
Inner London—East	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Outer London—East and North East	27	¹—	29	¹—	32
Outer London—South	22	¹—	25	¹—	15
Outer London—West and North West	26	¹—	28	¹—	20
Berkshire	25	28	27	27	28
Milton Keynes	15	¹—	18	¹—	18
Buckinghamshire CC	35	37	36	34	34
Oxfordshire	28	30	30	30	31
Brighton and Hove	¹—	¹—	129	¹—	¹—
East Sussex CC	21	23	22	23	23
Surrey	23	24	23	23	24
West Sussex	24	28	29	30	29
Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	¹—
Southampton	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Hampshire CC	23	24	24	24	23
Isle of Wight	23	¹—	24	¹—	23
Medway	¹—	¹—	86	¹—	93
Kent CC	23	24	23	24	24
Bristol, City of	¹—	¹—	3	¹—	11
North and N E Somerset, South Gloucester	17	18	18	19	19
Gloucestershire	22	24	24	24	24
Swindon	18	¹—	18	¹—	17
Wiltshire CC	32	33	34	35	33
Bournemouth and Poole	¹—	¹—	14	¹—	11
Dorset CC	19	22	22	22	23
Somerset	23	26	25	25	25
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	23	25	25	24	24
Plymouth	22	¹—	24	¹—	50
Torbay	¹—	¹—	29	¹—	34
Devon CC	24	26	25	25	25
England	25	27	26	26	26
¹ Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings. Data for 2002, 2003 and 2005 are complied 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.
Notes:
1. Dairy/beef cows are any cows or heifers that have calved including cull cows. Dairy and beef herd replacements are not included nor are cattle intended for slaughter.
2. Some holdings may have both dairy and beef cows and will therefore be included in the holding counts of both categories.
3. Estimates have been made for holdings not responding or not selected for the survey.
Source:
June Agricultural Survey

Subjects

Cattle; Livestock; Livestock industry

Date

8 May 2007

Reference

135237; 460 c38-43W;460 c39-44W

House

House of Commons

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Date

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Reference

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Reference

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Reference

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Reference

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Asked by

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Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

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Reference

2986; 691 c35WA

House

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Asked by

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Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

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Reference

127265; 459 c69W

House

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Asked by

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Answering body

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Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

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Reference

127264; 459 c68-9W

House

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Member

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Type

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Date

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Reference

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Asked by

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Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

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For answer on

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Answered on

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Subjects

Climate change; Bangladesh

Date

23 March 2007

Reference

458 c1153W; 128927

House

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Asked by

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Answering body

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Status

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Date

20 March 2007

Reference

458 c675

House

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Type

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Date

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Reference

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House

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Type

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Date

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Reference

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House

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence at which air shows and other events the Red Arrows appeared in each of the last five years.

Asked by

Nigel Waterson (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 March 2007

For answer on

9 March 2007

Answered on

15 March 2007

The Royal Air Force Acrobatic Team (RAFAT), popularly known as the Red Arrows, participated in the following air shows and events from 2002 to 2006:

2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Akrotiri Families Day	CBF Investiture Ceremony—Cyprus	King Abdullah Airbase—Jordan	Amman Marka Airport—Jordan	Jordan 2006
Giornata Azzurra Airshow	50th Anniversary of Patrouille de France—Salon de Provence	RAF Akrotiri Families Day	RAF Akrotiri Families Day	Aire 06 Spanish Air Force Open Day at San Javier AFB (Spain)
Country Sports Show / Game Fair—Portadown	RCDS Marham Visit	70th Anniversary FAF 04—Cognac—France	Jersey—60th Anniversary of Liberation	Isle of Man TT Festival at Douglas Bay
Rochefort Airshow—France	Llandudno Regional Tri Service Recruting Town Show	205 BFJT Graduation—Linton- on-Ouse	RAF Aerobatic Team 40th Anniversary	RAF Cosford Air Show
Biggin Hill International Air Fair—Kent	Southend Airshow	Beaumaris Show	Enniskillen Airshow	British Grand Prix
Southend Airshow—Southend	RAF Lossiemouth Friends and Families Day	Blackpool Sky Show	17(R)Sqn 90th Anniversary/17(R)Sqn New Typhoon OEU	Royal Netherlands Air Force—Leeuwarden
Golden Jubilee Families Day—RAF Benson	Isle of Man TT Races—Ramsey	Southend Airshow	RAF Lossiemouth and Kinloss Combined Families and Friends Day	Margate Airshow
Peel TT Races—Isle of Man	Isle of Man TT Races—Douglas	Portrush Airshow 2004—Northern Ireland	Abbeyshrule Airshow	Kemble Classic Jets Airshow
European Air Force Academies Commandants	Isle of Man TT Races Peel	Ramsey Isle of Man TT Races	The Ulster VE Day Air Show—Newtownards—N.I.	Midnight Summer Festival Air Display—Kauhava (EFKA)—Finland
10th Anniversary of the Adjutant Generals Corps	Biggin Hill International Air Fair	Douglas Isle of Man TT Races	Llandudno 2005	The Salthill Air Show (Eire)
21st Signal Regiment Open Day	Nigel Mansell UK Youth Golf Classic—Woodbury	250th Anniversary of Royal and Ancient Golf Club	Southend Airshow 2005	Tain Gala
Cosford Airshow	Whitehaven Maritime Festival Cumbria	European Air Group Steering Group Meeting	RAF Valley Families Day/90th Anniversary 19(R)Sqn. 50th Anniversary of SAR/ 45th Anniversary 4FTS	Scottish Fair at Scone Palace—Scone Palace Perth
The Weston Park International Model Air Show	Helensburgh (Faslane) Fair	Rolls Royce Celebrations—East Midlands Airport	Faslane Fair	RAF Waddington International Air Show
Kemble Airday—Cirencester	Classic Jet Air Show Kemble	RAF Cosford	CVHT Charitable Fund Raising Concert—Dunsfold	The Nigel Mansell UK Youth Golf Classic
RAF Kinloss Family and Friends Day	Royal Netherlands 50th Anniversary—Twenthe	Dutch Open Day—Volkel Airbase	Isle of Man TT Festival	RAF Wittering 90th Anniversary Families Day
Nancey-Ochey Airshow—France	Evreux Airshow—France	Faslane Fair	Ramsey Sprint Day TT Festival	Goodwood Festival of Speed
BAE Systems Brough Families Day—Yorkshire	Fistral Beach Newquay	Kemble Air Day	FCCLA 60th VE Day Commemoration Celebrations	Blackpool Veterans/Service Awareness Week
RAF Waddington at Home Day	Air Power Zeltweg Austria	Golowan Festival Penzance—Cornwall	Isle of Man TT Races	RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day
Airborne Forces Day Yorkshire	RAF Waddington at Home Day	Goodwood Festival of Speed	Launch of Portishead Carnival	RNAS Culdrose International Air Day
Tain Gala	Tain Gala	RAF Waddington International Air Show	RAF Cosford Air Show	CFSA Reunion and RAF Cranwell Families Day
RAF Golf Championships—Trevose Golf Club Constantine Bay	Salthill Airshow—Eire	Tain Gala	Royal Netherlands Air Force Open Day—Gilze Rijen	The Royal International Air Tattoo—Flying
Newquay Seafront Display	RAF Boulmer 50th Anniversary Families Day	RAF Lyneham Station Families Day	Margate Airshow	World Youth Sailing Championships—Portland
Chichester Festivities	Central Flying School (CFS) Annual Reunion and CFS	Arbroath Seafront Spectacular	Kemble Air Day—Flying Display	RNLI Lifeboat Week—Lyme Regis
RIMLAF Open Day—Gilze-Rijen/Breda	Goodwood Festival Speed	Scottish Fair—Scone Palace	Air Power 2005—Zeltweg—Austria	Sanicole International Airshow (Belgium)
Manx Festival of Aviation-Jurby	Wirral Show	The Salthill Airshow	Whitehaven Maritime Festival—Open Air Family Event	Weston-Super-Mare Seaside Airshow/Helicopter Show
Plymouth Armed Forces Show	East Fortune Festival of Flight-Scotland	C.F.S. Annual Reunion—Cranwell	Salthill Airshow Galway Bay—Eire	Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival
Inverness Highland Games	Kidwelly Carnival	Plymouth Armed Forces Show	Trafalgar 200 Portsmouth—Son and Lumiere	RAF Wyton Families Day
Goodwood Festival of Speed	Royal International Air Tattoo	East Fortune Air Show	Tain Gala	Sunderland International Airshow
East Fortune -Museum of Flight—Edinburgh	Station Civic Day—RAF Cranwell	Kidwelly Carnival Wales	Scottish Fair	Windermere Airshow and Community Festival
RNAS Culdrose Air Day	British Grand Prix	British Grand Prix	RAF Waddington International Airshow	Red Arrows Bournemouth Seafront Show
Farnborough International	JSCSC Graduation -Swindon	Royal International Air Tattoo /Battle/Entente Cordiale/D-Day	Kidwelly Carnival	RAF Cottesmore Families Day
Winter Gardens Royal Parade -Weston-Super-Mare	Sunderland International Airshow	Farnborough International Airshow	British Grand Prix	Whitby Regatta
ACSC Graduation Ceremony—JSCSC	Llanidloes Air Day	Graduation Day JSCSC—Swindon	Air Display to Commemorate VE/VJ Day—Blackpool	400th Anniversary of the First Charter of Dover
Llanidloes Air Day—Wales	Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week	Llanidloes Air Day	Central Flying School Reunion—Cranwell	Fowey Royal Regatta
RAF Shawbury Families Day	Weston-super-Mare Seafront Air Show	RNLI Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week—Dorset	RAF Wittering/RAF Cottesmore Families Day	RAF Lyneham Families Day
Sunderland International Airshow	Station Families Day—RAF Shawbury	Sunderland International Airshow	Royal International Air Tattoo	Weymouth Carnival
RAF Marham Families Day	Music in the Air Middle Wallop—Hants	Red Arrows Families Day	RNAS Culdrose International Air Day	Cromer Carnival
Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival	Windermere Community Festival	Weston-Super-Mare Seafront Airshow	JSC and SC Advanced Command and Staff Course	Dawlish Carnival Airshow
Kielder Forest Festival	Reach for the Sky-Blenheim Palace	RAF Marham Families Day	Llanidloes Air Day	Airbourne—The Eastbourne International Air Show
Music in the Air-Middle Wallop	Airbourne—The Eastbourne International Air Show	Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival	Windermere Festival—A Weekend With The RAF	Torbay Royal Regatta
European Ferrari Festival	Dawlish Carnival	RAF Shawbury Families Day	Arbroath Sea Front Spectacular	Aberystwyth Corporate Communications and Careers Information Event
Dawlish Carnival Week—Devon	Bournemouth Seafront Show	Windermere Festival	Weston-Super-Mare Seafront Show	Sidmouth Regatta
Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race Finish—Portsmouth	Sidmouth Regatta	Kielder Forest Festival	Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival	Port of Dartmouth 162nd Royal Regatta
Airbourne—The Eastbourne International Air Show	Cromer Carnival	Scandia Cowes Week	RAF Marham Families Day	Clacton Airshow
Bournemouth Seafront Show	Weymouth Carnival	Airbourne—The Eastbourne International Air Show	RAF Shawbury Families Day	Dunsfold Wings and Wheels
Barrow Festival of the Sea	Fowey Royal Regatta	Bournemouth Seafront Airshow	Sunderland Airshow	Silloth (Cumbria) Carnival
Sidmouth Regatta—Devon	Clacton Airshow	Cromer Carnival 2004—Norfolk	Bournemouth Seafront Show	Hoylake Lifeboat Station Open Day
Weymouth Carnival—Dorset	Opening Ceremony of The World Microlight Championships	Weymouth Carnival	Airbourne—The Eastbourne International Air Show	RAFAT Families Day
Clacton Air Show—Clacton	Yorkshire Airshow	Dawlish Carnival—Devon	‘Fly to the Past’—Blenheim Palace	Northern Ireland Air Spectacular—Portrush
Fowey Royal Regatta and Carnival Week	200th Anniversary of Hoylake Lifeboat and Open Day	Fowey Royal Regatta	RAF Lyneham Families Day	Southport Airshow and Military Show
Canadian International Air Show	Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta	RAF Cottesmore Families Day	Cromer Carnival	Guernsey Battle of Britain Air Display (RAFA)
Nova Scotia International Air Show	Torbay Royal Regatta	The Yorkshire Airshow—Elvington	Weymouth Carnival	Jersey International Airshow
RAFA Jersey International Airshow	RAF Marham Families Day	25th Anniversary of Red Arrows Flying Hawk/30th Anniversary of Hawk	Dawlish Seafront Airshow and Carnival	RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain At Home Day—Flying
RAFA Guernsey Airshow	Radom Air Show—Poland	Sidmouth Regatta	Sidmouth Regatta	BAE Systems (Brough) Family Day
RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day	Station Families Day—RAF St. Mawgan	Torbay Royal Regatta	Yorkshire Air Show—Elvington	6th NATO Day in Ostrava (Czech Republic)
Morecambe Heritage Gala	Great Ormand Street Hospital/Bishopsgate Charity Clay Pigeon Shoot—Reading	The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta	RAF Cottesmore Families Day	Giornata Azzurra—Pratica di Mare—Italy
Malta International Airshow	Southport Airshow 2003	Clacton Airshow—Essex	The 160th Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta	Roland Garros de Cholet—France
Great North Run—Newcastle upon Tyne	Duxford Airshow	The Centenary Eye Show	Clacton Airshow	Great North Run
Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia		Caernarfon Airshow	The International Air Show Radom Poland	Isle of Man TT Race at Peel
Langkawi, Malaysia	RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain At Home Day	Hoylake Lifeboat Station Open Day	Hoylake Lifeboat Station Open Day	Goa, India
Bangkok, Thailand	Morecambe Heritage Gala	RAF St. Mawgan Families Day	RAF Benson Families Day	Muskat, Oman
Hindon (Delhi), India		Duxford Airshow	Biggin Hill International Air Fair	Abu Dhabi, UAE
Muscat, Oman		90th Anniversary of the Swiss Air Force -Payerne -Switzerland Battle of Britain Air Display Guernsey	45th Anniversary ““Frecce Tricolori””—Italy	Bahrain, Bahrain
Dubai, UAE		RAFA Jersey International Airshow	Display Over Greek Ministry of Defence Athens and	Dharhan, Saudi Arabia
Abu Dhabi, UAE		Southport Airshow and Military Tattoo—Lancashire	Swiss Futures and Options Association Conference	Athens, Greece
Tabuk, Saudi Arabia		RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day	RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day
Giza, Egypt		Morecambe Heritage Gala	Southport Airshow and Military Show
		Biggin Hill Battle of Britain Weekend—Kent	Morecambe Heritage Gala and Air Display
		BUPA Great North Run	Jersey International Airshow
			Guernsey Battle Of Britain Air Display
			BUPA Great North Run
			RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day
			Malta International Airshow
Note:
The official display season for the RAF AT is between May to October every year. In 2002 and 2006 the Team additionally participated in out-of-season overseas tours.

Subjects

Red Arrows

Date

15 March 2007

Reference

458 c462-6W; 127005

House

House of Commons

Dairy Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average (a) dairy and (b) beef herd size is in (i) Great Britain, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) each county.

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 March 2007

For answer on

7 March 2007

Answered on

15 March 2007

The average size of dairy and beef herds in England at June 2006 is shown in table 1. County data can be found in table 2. Figures for the other UK countries fall under the jurisdiction of the individual devolved authorities.

Table 1—England
	Number
(a) Total dairy cows	129,0231
Total holdings with dairy cows	14,772
Average herd size for dairy cows	87

(b) Total beef cows	73,9046
Total holdings with beef cows	28,293
Average herd size for beef cows	26
Notes:
1. Dairy/beef cows are any cows or heifers that have calved including cull cows. Dairy and beef herd replacements are not included nor are cattle intended for slaughter.
2. Some holdings may have both dairy and beef cows and will therefore be included in the holding counts of both categories
Source:
June Agricultural Survey

Table 2—Dairy and beef cows and holdings by county in England
	(a)	(b)
County/unitary authority	Total dairy cows	Hdgs with dairy cows	Average dairy herd size	Total beef cows	Hdgs with beef cows	Average beef herd size
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees	—	—	—	862	36	24
South Teesside	1,251	24	52	1,643	53	31
Darlington	1,293	15	87	1,304	55	24
Durham CC	6,973	123	57	21,358	682	31
Northumberland	7,758	102	76	46,825	882	53
Tyneside	—	—	—	1,223	36	34
Sunderland	0	0	0	271	10	27
North East Region	18,558	281	66	73,487	1,753	42

West Cumbria	39,870	468	85	21,509	753	29
East Cumbria	68,768	809	85	38,727	1,338	29
Halton and Warrington	—	—	—	344	19	18
Cheshire CC	99,665	880	113	9,055	520	17
Greater Manchester South	1,463	24	62	1,392	73	19
Greater Manchester North	5,650	87	65	3,846	210	18
Blackburn with Darwen	1,238	22	56	802	43	19
Blackpool	—	—	—	0	0	0
Lancashire CC	71,834	849	85	17,240	820	21
East Merseyside	—	—	—	566	14	40
Liverpool	0	0	0	—	—	—
Sefton	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wirral	1,905	15	126	210	13	16
North West Region	291,898	3,173	92	94,041	3,811	25

Kingston upon Hull, City of	—	—	—	—	—	—
East Riding of Yorkshire	5,540	87	63	10,399	351	30
North and North East Lincolnshire	—	—	—	2,315	100	23
York	1,180	18	67	—	—	—
North Yorkshire CC	73,970	965	77	51,208	1,853	28
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham	6,879	92	74	3,978	184	22
Sheffield	2,076	34	62	2,031	74	27
Bradford	3,866	58	67	3,301	159	21
Leeds	2,263	31	73	2,657	106	25
Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield	8,633	130	66	8,724	443	20
Yorkshire and the Humber Region	104,966	1,430	73	85,857	3,325	26

Derby	—	—	—	—	—	—
East Derbyshire	4,941	96	52	2,801	156	18
South and West Derbyshire	40,277	529	76	20,634	828	25
Nottingham	0	0	0	—	—	—
North Nottinghamshire	5,676	62	91	4,053	172	24
South Nottinghamshire	4,378	47	93	2,060	104	20
Leicester	—	—	—	—	—	—
Leicestershire CC and Rutland	25,510	282	90	14,770	583	25
Northamptonshire	6,500	82	79	12,431	380	33
Lincolnshire	7,783	99	79	18,744	581	32
East Midlands Region	95,603	1,203	79	75,649	2,813	27

Herefordshire, County of	17,582	228	77	20,633	852	24
Worcestershire	14,100	177	80	8,553	469	18
Warwickshire	12,561	184	68	8,818	390	23
Telford and Wrekin	4,028	38	107	1,029	45	23
Shropshire CC	70,042	730	96	28,632	1,123	25
Stoke-on-Trent	818	14	57	414	14	30
Staffordshire CC	75,536	869	87	19,004	1,004	19
Birmingham	—	—	—	—	—	—
Solihull	1,487	17	87	1,054	42	25
Coventry	—	—	—	362	10	36
Dudley and Sandwell	185	5	40	—	—	—
Walsall and Wolverhampton	0	0	0	224	11	21
West Midlands Region	196,694	2,269	87	88,896	3,968	22

Peterborough	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cambridgeshire CC	1,566	29	55	5,464	196	28
Norfolk	11,137	146	76	18,587	547	34
Suffolk	4,977	91	55	7,646	329	23
Luton	0	0	0	—	—	—
Bedfordshire CC	1,744	25	69	2,131	114	19
Hertfordshire	2,269	38	59	3,975	150	27
Southend-on-Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thurrock	—	—	—	579	16	37
Essex CC	4,401	56	78	5,248	235	22
Eastern Region	26,370	392	67	43,926	1,602	27

Inner London—West	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inner London—East	—	—	—	—	—	—
Outer London—East and North East	—	—	—	254	8	32
Outer London—South	—	—	—	152	10	15
Outer London—West and North West	669	7	90	219	11	20
Berkshire	5368	44	121	3,707	135	28
Milton Keynes	667	8	80	600	33	18
Buckinghamshire cc	8,841	96	92	11,015	323	34
Oxfordshire	10,799	118	92	11,239	361	31
Brighton and Hove	—	—	—	—	—	—
East Sussex CC	8,842	113	78	9,750	428	23
Surrey	7,101	77	92	5,070	211	24
West Sussex	14,508	130	112	8,191	284	29
Portsmouth	—	—	—	—	—	—
Southampton	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hampshire CC	20,221	198	102	12,420	531	23
Isle of Wight	3,546	44	80	2,275	98	23
Medway	0	0	0	558	6	93
Kent CC	10,850	120	91	11,270	479	24
South East Region (inc. London)	91,962	963	95	77,077	2,925	26

Bristol, City of	—	—	—	55	5	11
North and North East Somerset, South Gl	26,139	279	94	7,487	396	19
Gloucestershire	28,877	321	90	15,820	665	24
Swindon	2,781	30	92	477	28	17
Wiltshire CC	42,345	401	106	18,136	545	33
Bournemouth and Poole	—	—	—	73	7	11
Dorset CC	64,013	564	113	13,519	600	23
Somerset	94,487	918	103	30,346	1,205	25
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	73,919	956	77	44,497	1,829	24
Plymouth	0	0	0	298	6	50
Torbay	—	—	—	330	10	34
Devon CC	131,101	1,584	83	69,075	2,801	25
South West Region	464,180	5,060	92	200,112	8,096	25

England	1,290,231	14,772	87	739,046	28,293	26
Notes:
1. Dairy/beef cows are any cows or heifers that have calved including cull cows. Dairy and beef herd replacements are not included nor are cattle intended for slaughter.
2. Some holdings may have both dairy and beef cows and will therefore be included in the holding counts of both categories.
Source:
June Agricultural Survey

Subjects

Dairy farming

Date

15 March 2007

Reference

458 c482-6W; 126161

House

House of Commons

Dairy Farming (South Derbyshire)

It would be easy to make a debate on this subject a tale of woe, because there is certainly woe to tell. Nearly half the people with dairy holdings in Derbyshire have left the industry in the past 10 years, and they have left for good reasons: it simply has...

Member

Mark Todd (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

14 March 2007

Reference

458 c126-9WH

House

House of Commons

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) beef cows and (b) dairy cows were compulsorily slaughtered because of bovine tuberculosis in (i) Great Britain, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) each county in each year since 1997; and how many have been...

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 2007

Reference

458 c10W; 126160

House

House of Commons