§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will calculate the average annual return for individual sheep and lamb producers in the UK in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [18205]
§ Mr. MorleyEstimates of the average annual return are given in the table. They are calculated as the total annual value of production of sheep and sheepmeat (including subsidies), divided by the number of farms with sheep and lambs at the June agricultural census.
Average annual return for UK sheep and lamb producers Value of production of which: subsidies Number of farms with sheep and lambs at June Average annual return per producer Year £ million £ million (Thousand1) (£2) 1991 1,138 598 96.1 11,800 1992 1,159 522 96.2 12,000 1993 1,245 498 95.6 13,000 1994 1,235 448 94.4 13,100 1995 1,334 536 89.9 14,800 1996 1,295 384 88.2 14,700 1997 1,194 354 87.1 13,700 1998 1,130 479 86.8 13,000 1999 1,001 408 86.3 11,600 20003 982 349 82.2 11,900 1 Main holdings only 2 Rounded to nearest hundred 3 Provisional Note:
Prepared by: Statistics (Commodities and Food) Division, Economics and Statistics Directorate, DEFRA