§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the total amounts of various foodstuffs which were destroyed or otherwise disposed of under the arrangements made by the Intervention Board in the most recent annual period for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Buchanan-Smith[pursuant to his reply, 24 March 1982, c. 205]: The provisional totals for 1981 are as follows:
Tonnes Commodity Destroyed Otherwise disposed of Beef NIL 26,689 Butter NIL 19,722 Skimmed milk powder NIL 505 Breadmaking wheat NIL 48,897 Apples 12,636 3,802 Pears 136 44 Tomatoes 5 NIL Fish 1,297 48,045 Total 14,074 147,704