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<p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Professor Sir
Ian Diamond</strong> | National Statistician</p><p> </p><p>The Lord Roberts of Llandudno</p><p>House
of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p> </p><p>05 February 2021</p><p> </p><p>Dear
Lord Roberts,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK
Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how many
people were employed in the agricultural sector in Wales in (1) 1991, (2) 2000, (3)
2010, and (4) 2019 <strong>(HL12843).</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Agricultural
employment estimates are produced using a combination of DEFRA surveys and Office
for National Statistics (ONS) employment surveys. Employment estimates by year, industry
and geographic location are available to download on the employment surveys datasets
area of NOMIS[1].</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows agricultural employment in Wales
in 1991, 2000, 2010 and 2019.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Agricultural employment
in Wales</strong><strong><strong>[2]</strong></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>All
employees, thousands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991 [3]</p></td><td><p>20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000
[4]</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010<sup> [5]</sup></p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019
<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>14,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br>Yours
sincerely,</p><p><strong>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</strong></p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?opt=3&theme=&subgrp="
target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?opt=3&theme=&subgrp=</a></p><p>[2]
Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand</p><p>[3] ONS source is the Annual Employment
Survey</p><p>[4] ONS source is the Annual Business Inquiry</p><p>[5] ONS source is
the Business Register Employment Survey</p><p> </p>
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