§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 29 April 2002,Official Report, column 624W, on school fruit, which varieties of fruit are distributed as part of the national school fruit scheme; and from which countries each fruit is imported. [61525]
§ Jacqui SmithApples, pears, bananas and easy peel citrus are supplied as part of the national school fruit scheme. The contracted suppliers and distributors of fruit to the scheme have reported the following countries of origin for the four fruit types
Apples: UK, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Chile and the USAPears: UK, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa and ChileEasy peel citrus: Spain, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and UruguayBananas: Cameroon Republic, Ecuador Windward Isles.