§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the progress made towards self-sufficiency in food commodities by England in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mrs. FennerInformation for England is not available. The table below gives estimates for the United Kingdom.
Value of home-produced food as a percentage of: All food consumed in the UK All indigenous-type food consumed in the UK 1974 46.3 58.0 1975 51.2 63.2 1976 51.4 64.6 1977 48.1 62.5 1978 53.3 67.8 1979 53.1 67.7 1980 59.4 73.8 1981 61.2 76.0 1982 61.8 76.9 1983* 60 76 * Forecast.
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the level of English self-sufficiency by food commodity for the period 1981 to 1983.
§ Mrs. FennerDate on supply, usage and production as a percentage of total new supply in the United Kingdom for individual food commodities may be found in tables 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18 and 19 of the "Annual Review of Agriculture 1984"—Cmnd. 9137—which is available in the Library of the House. The information is not available separately for England.