§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of how much was spent by(a) agricultural 245W and (b) horticultural producers on agrochemicals in each of the past six years for which figures are available.[146090]
§ Alun MichaelThere are no figures available that specifically identify spending by agricultural and horticultural producers on agrochemicals.
However the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) does receive annual figures of overall turnover of all sales of approved pesticides as a part of its calculation of the pesticide levy to help fund the regulatory process. These cover sales of agricultural, horticultural, amateur, forestry and amenity pesticides.
The overall value of UK sales of approved products that have been declared to PSD are as follows:
£ million 1998 591 1999 572 2000 484 2001 439 2002 446 2003 448