§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the total income received to date from the sale of tallow from rendered carcase material under the over-thirty-month scheme; and what estimate he has made of the income in each year for the expected duration of the scheme. [100826]
§ Ms QuinIt is not possible to predict with any certainty income from the sale of the 200,000 tonnes of Over-Thirty-Month Scheme (OTMS) tallow held in store,526W as there are costs associated with its removal from store and transport to the point of destruction. Similar costs do not arise in respect of OTMS renderers burning tallow they produce to fuel their processes, thus replacing oil or gas. To date some 83,000 tonnes of OTMS tallow have been sold to renderers generating an income of around £2.7 million. Contracts exist for the sale to renderers of new production OTMS tallow and this is expected to generate an annual income of over £1 million until the end of the scheme.