§ Mr. HurstTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total weight was of pigmeat sales in the United Kingdom in each year from 1972 to 2001. [87295]
§ Mr. MorleyInformation on the quantity of pigmeat sold in the United Kingdom is not available. However, information is available on the amount of pigmeat supplies, in the form of pork, and of bacon and ham, in the United Kingdom, and this is given in the table.
No data is available on the uses to which the supplies of pork and of bacon and ham are subsequently put. These uses may be for retail as meat or for catering or for foodstuffs which require further processing, some of which may subsequently be exported.
More detailed production and supplies tables may be found on the Defra website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/.
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UK supplies of pork and bacon 000 tonnes Total new supply1 of: Pork Bacon and ham 19722 662 639 1973 687 565 1974 678 529 1975 582 482 1976 586 476 1977 652 506
UK supplies of pork and bacon 000 tonnes Total new supply1 of: Pork Bacon and ham 1978 660 519 1979 715 517 1980 707 509 1981 720 496 1982 731 477 1983 747 477 1984 709 467 1985 712 468 1986 726 466 19873 775 459 1988 796 457 1989 759 458 1990 765 445 1991 772 441 19923 768 418 1993 796 450 1994 798 451 1995 772 467 1996 806 497 1997 817 471 1998 829 459 1999 831 457 2000 790 468 2001 832 471 1 New supply: production plus imports less exports.
2 Average of 1970–1972.
3 For comparability with other years, the figures have been adjusted from a 53–week to a 52–week basis where appropriate.
Sources:
1972–1984: 'A Hundred Years of British Food & Farming: A Statistical Survey', H F Marks.
1984–2001: Defra