§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the total value of milk produced by the United Kingdom dairy farmers in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe following table shows the value at the farmgate of United Kingdom output of milk and milk products for human consumption.
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Calendar year £ million 1974 837 1975 1,064 1976 1,292 1977 1,484 1978 1,620 1979 1,764 1980 1,960 1981 2,100 1982 2,383 1983 *2,486 Source: "Annual Review of Agriculture White Papers 19790–84 Output, Input and Income Table".
* Forecast.
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the average yield per dairy cow of milk in each of the countries in the EEC in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. MacGregorFigures showing the average yield per cow in each member state of the EEC are set out in table 23 of "EEC Dairy Facts and Figures 1983". Information for 1983 is not yet available.
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the total utilisation of United Kingdom produced milk in each of the last 10 years in (a) butter production, (b) cheese production, (c) dried milk production, (d) liquid consumption, (e) cream production, (f) condensed milk production, (g) confectionery production and (h) other uses.
§ Mr. MacGregorFigures showing the utiisation of United Kingdom produced milk are set out in tables 68 and 86 of "United Kingdom Dairy Facts and Figures 1983" published by the Federation of United Kingdom Milk Marketing Boards and available in the Library of the House. Separate information in respect of confectionery production is not available.
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what has been the average price per litre of milk produced paid to farmers in each of the last 15 years at current value rates;
(2) what has been the average price per litre of milk produced paid to farmers in each of the last 15 years.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information on average prices paid to farmers requested by my hon. Friend is set out in the following table. This shows the annual average net price received for milk by wholesale producers in the United Kingdom in each of the last 15 years at both actual and current values.
(a) Net price received for milk by wholesale producers in the United Kingdom with (b) prices in 1982–83 current value terms using the RPI as deflator (pence per litre) April/March (a) (b) 1968–69 3.553 17.415 1969–70 3.528 16.447 260W
Dairy cow numbers at *December ('000 head) Country 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Germany 5,388 5,417 5,442 5,443 5,469 5,438 5,532 France 7,627 7,512 7,491 7,452 7,120 7,054 7,202 Italy 2,897 2,945 3,010 3,074 3,013 3,016 3,044 Netherlands 2,197 2,212 2,308 2,343 2,356 2,407 2,482 Belgium 986 974 981 978 977 965 964 Luxembourg 66 68 68 67 69 68 71 United Kingdom 3,318 3,327 3,392 3,333 3,277 3,293 3,345 Irish Republic 1,436 1,484 1,513 1,503 1,449 1,458 1,513 Denmark 1,102 1,087 1,100 1,056 1,066 1,020 1,014 Greece n/a 475 419 385 242 242 221 Total Ten† ‡25,017 25,501 25,724 25,634 25,038 24,962 25,386
April/March (a) (b) 1970–71 3.819 16.619 1971–72 4.213 16.771 1972–73 4.362 16.209 1973–74 5.082 17.107 1974–75 6.233 17.790 1975–76 7.804 17.863 1976–77 9.263 18.405 1977–78 9.820 17.107 1978–79 10.429 16.776 1979–80 11.436 15.884 1980–81 12.533 14.965 1981–82 13.623 14.592 1982–83 14.641 14.641 Sources:
(a) "United Kingdom Dairy Facts and Figures" published annually by the Federation of Milk Marketing Boards;
(b) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the total milk production of each of the member countries of the EEC in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and by how much this production has exceeded the domestic demand in each country in those years.
§ Mr. MacGregorTotal cows' milk production for each member state of the EC for the five years 1978 to 1982 are given in table 25 of the 1983 edition of "EEC Dairy Facts and Figures" which is published by the Milk Marketing Board and is available in the Library of the House. Because milk is consumed as a range of products in which the butterfat and solids-not-fat proportions are different from those in whole milk, it is not meaningful to to produce a single figure for each country of milk consumption compare with these production figures. However, estimates of self-sufficiency on the basis of butterfat production and requirements, and solid-not-fat production and requiremens are given in table 39 of the 1983 edition of "EEC Dairy Facts and Figures".