§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what agricultural products are the subject of quotas; how many holdings are in possession of each quota; and what is the average size of each quota per holding in possession of that quota. [26651]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 11 January 2002]: Milk and sugar from sugar beet are the two agricultural products subject to quotas. At the end of the 2000–01 quota year there were some 33,000 holders of milk quota in the UK, with an average quota holding of about 429,000 litres. The UK has a quota for 1.14 million tonnes of sugar held by British Sugar, who draw up individual supply contracts with growers. In the marketing year 2001–02 around 8,300 sugar beet farmers are contracted to supply British Sugar with sugar beet.