§ Sir R. HAMILTONasked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity of oats exported from Great Britain for each of the last 10 years?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHSeparate figures relating to exports of individual classes of goods from Great Britain alone are not compiled. The exports of oats from Great Britain and Ireland in certain years prior to 1923, and from Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1924, and subsequent years, are shown in the table given below. The figure for 1923 relates to the exports from the former area prior to 1st April, 1923, and exports from the latter from that date to the end of the year. It should be added that, in the later series (1927 excepted), the exports to the Irish Free State have exceeded those to all other destinations, and, further, that imports of oats from the Irish Free State have largely exceeded exports to that country.
Cwts. 1920 … … … 429,922 1921 … … … 197,745 1922 … … … 171,032 1923 … … … 112,765 1924 … … … 340,768 1925 … … … 315,928 1926 … … … 345,019 1927 … … … 592,208 1928 … … … 154,811 1929 … … … 288,835 The figures for 1929 are provisional.
§ Sir R. HAMILTONasked the Minister for Agriculture the quantity of oats grown in Great Britain for each of the last 10 years?
§ Mr. N. BUXTONThe total production of oats in Great Britain for the years 1920–29 was as follows:
Year Acreage. Production. Acres. Tons. 1920 … … 3,297,822 2,215,000 1921 … … 3,159,209 2,142,000 1922 … … 3,145,534 1,932,000 1923 … … 2,944,513 2,025,000 1924 … … 2,992,632 2,200,000 1925 … … 2,793,606 2,095,000 1926 … … 2,803,525 2,240,000 1927 … … 2,648,007 1,964,000 1928 … … 2,640,846 2,147,000 1929 … … 2,742,572 2,277,000