Written question asked by Alan Hurst (Labour) on Thursday, 10 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 March 2005. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Monday, 21 March 2005 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed (a) full time and (b) part time in agriculture in England in each year from 1990 to 2004.

Answer: Mr. Hurst: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people were employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time in agriculture in England in each year from 1990 to 2004. [221957] Alun Michael: The number of people employed in agriculture in England for the years 1990 to 2004 are shown in the table. The figures include family workers but exclude casual workers, farmers, partners, directors and salaried managers. Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (a) Full-time (b) Part-time 1990 100.0 45.7 1991 95.6 45.1 1992 91.7 43.3 1993 88.3 42.9 1994 86.0 42.5 1995 83.4 42.6 1996 81.6 42.6 1997 80.6 41.9 1998 79.2 41.0 1999 73.6 37.2 2000 64.2 32.7 20011 61.2 29.4 20012 62.8 30.3 2002 58.6 28.7 2003 52.6 26.2 2004 50.4 28.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Shows the results assuming register improvements had not taken place (comparable with June 2000). 2 Shows the results including register improvements. Notes: 1. Part-time is defined as less than 39 hours 2. Due to the introduction of new questions in 1998 figures prior to this year are not directly comparable with earlier years' results. 3. Due to a register improvement exercise in 2001, labour figures prior to this are not directly comparable with later results. Source: June Agricultural Census

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