§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what the United Kingdom intervention price for cereals would have been at 1988 values, for each year 1975 to 1988 if there had been no green pound disparity.
§ Mr. RyderThe table sets out the prices at which feed quality wheat would have been bought into intervention in the United Kingdom if it is assumed that common agricultural prices had been converted at the market rate of exchange for the pound sterling obtaining al the beginning of the marketing year. These prices have been converted to 1988 values using the GDP deflator.
Marketing year beginning in 1£ per tonne 1975 154 1976 169 1977 180 1978 176 1979 175 1980 152 1981 133 1982 133 1983 134 1984 136 1985 120 1986 129 1987 131 1988 114 1 (rounded to nearest £). Note: Basic co-responsibility levy has been deducted from 1986: the full additional co-responsibility levy has been deducted in 1988, though in practice producers will receive some refund of this. The amount of levy deducted, per tonne in 1988 values, is as follows: 1986, £4.20; 1987, £4.57; 1988, £8.19.
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§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the United Kingdom intervention price for cereals, at 1988 values, for each year 1975 to 1988, together with the co-responsibility levy, where applicable, which would have been deductable.
§ Mr. RyderThe following is the information:
Intervention/buying in prices for feed quality wheat: 1988 values Marketing year beginning in: £ per tonne 1975 148 1976 157 1977 160 1978 170 1979 167 1980 155 1981 148 1982 149 1983 146 1984 138 1985 128 1986 115 1987 108 1988 98 Notes:
1. Rounded to nearest £1.
2. The prices shown are start of season intervention/buying in prices applicable in the United Kingdom for feed quality grain converted to 1988 prices using the GDP deflator.
3. Prices for 1975 to 1977 were those established under transitional arrangements.
4. Basic co-responsibility levy has been deducted from 1986: the full additional co-responsibility levy has been deducted in 1988, though in practice producers will receive some refund of this. The amount of levy deducted per tonne in 1988 values, is as follows: 1986, £3.76; 1987, £3.75; 1988, £7.06. (Although from 1 January 1989 this will be reduced to £5.57.)
§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what he anticipates will be(a) the United Kingdom and (b) total European Economic Community intervention stocks of cereals at 1 January 1989.
§ Mr. RyderAt 13 November 1988 the quantity of unsold intervention stocks held in the Community was 9.9 million tonnes of which 1.4 million tonnes was held in the United Kingdom. I cannot forecast possible changes in these stocks by 1 January, but a note setting out the volume of intervention stocks in the United Kingdom and the EEC is deposited in the Library of the House and is updated monthly.
§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the current annual consumption in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) the European Economic Community of (i) cereals produced within the European Economic Community and (ii) cereals imported from outside the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. RyderThe information requested, relating to the past complete marketing year (1987–88) is as follows:
million tones United kingdom European Economic Community Consumption of cereals produced within the European Economic Community 19.3 126.6 Consumption of cereals imported from outside the European Economic Community 0.8 8.1 Source: EC Commission Balance Sheet 1987–88.
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§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the total European Economic Community intervention stock levels for cereals, at 1 January in each year from 1975 to 1988.
§ Mr. RyderThe unsold intervention stocks, at a date nearest to 1 January for each of the years 1977 to 1988, are as follows. Stock levels for 1975 and 1976 are not available.
Unsold intervention stocks1 Year million tones 1977 22.1 1978 21.1 1979 21.9 1980 22.6 1981 36.7 1982 34.3 1983 39.0 1984 38.9 1985 311.9 1986 416.4 1987 412.9 1988 48.1 1 Source: EC Commission Intervention Stock Tables. 2 EC 9. 3 EC 10. 4 EC 12.
§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the United Kingdom intervention stock levels of cereals in each year, at 1 January, from 1975 to 1988.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe information is as follows:
Tonnes 1975 Nil 1976 Nil 1977 Nil 1978 Nil 1979 20,921 1980 416 1981 619,542 1982 444,853 1983 1,546,194 1984 836,665 1985 2,831,303 1986 5,701,123 1987 3,793,565 1988 1,111,926
§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the total(a) United Kingdom and (b) European Economic Community cereal harvest in each year from 1975 to 1988.
§ Mr. RyderThe information requested is as follows:
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Million tones 1United Kingdom 2European Economic Community 1975 13.9 597.1 1976 13.3 590.4 1977 16.7 5103.6 1978 17.3 5116.1 1979 17.4 5113.4 1980 19.5 5119.2 1981 19.6 6122.5 1982 21.9 69131.7 1983 21.3 6123.7 1984 26.6 6151.1 1985 22.5 6138.8
1United Kingdom 2European Economic Community 1986 24.5 7153.8 1987 321.7 3 7154.0 1988 421.0 4 7162.5 1 Source: Annual Review of Agriculture. 2 Source: Agriculture Situation in the Community Reports 1975–87. 3 Forecast. 4 Estimate. 5 EC 9. 6 EC 10. 7 EC 12.