§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will show the average ex-farm price of wheat in the United Kingdom for 1979 and each subsequent year in actual and at constant prices, showing 1979 prices and also showing 1979 as 100 per cent.
§ Mr. GummerThe information is as follows and includes the figures supplied in my written reply to my hon. Friend on 26 February 1987 at column368.
Ex farm price of home-grown wheat1 (£ per tonne) Price index (1979 = 100) At current prices In real terms,2 at constant 1979 prices At current prices In real terms2 1979 95.92 95.92 100.0 100.0 1980 99.30 82.89 103.5 86.4 1981 108.92 81.53 113.6 85.0 1982 113.74 78.93 118.6 82.3 1983 124.80 82.54 130.1 86.1 1984 114.58 72 80 119.5 75.9 1985 112.23 67.40 117.0 70.3 1986 3112.18 64 84 117.0 467.6 1 Weighted average price at first point of sale. (Source: "Annual Review of Agriculture"). 2Deflated by price deflator of GDP at market prices. (Source: "European Economy"). 3 Forecast. 4Corrected from 67.4. Given in the reply of 26 February.