HC Deb 24 February 1930 vol 235 cc1879-80W
Sir R. HAMILTON

asked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity of oats exported from Great Britain for each of the last 10 years?

Mr. W. R. SMITH

Separate figures relating to exports of individual classes of goods from Great Britain alone are not compiled. The exports of oats from Great Britain and Ireland in certain years prior to 1923, and from Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1924, and subsequent years, are shown in the table given below. The figure for 1923 relates to the exports from the former area prior to 1st April, 1923, and exports from the latter from that date to the end of the year. It should be added that, in the later series (1927 excepted), the exports to the Irish Free State have exceeded those to all other destinations, and, further, that imports of oats from the Irish Free State have largely exceeded exports to that country.

Cwts.
1920 429,922
1921 197,745
1922 171,032
1923 112,765
1924 340,768
1925 315,928
1926 345,019
1927 592,208
1928 154,811
1929 288,835
The figures for 1929 are provisional.

Sir R. HAMILTON

asked the Minister for Agriculture the quantity of oats grown in Great Britain for each of the last 10 years?

Mr. N. BUXTON

The total production of oats in Great Britain for the years 1920–29 was as follows:

Year Acreage. Production.
Acres. Tons.
1920 3,297,822 2,215,000
1921 3,159,209 2,142,000
1922 3,145,534 1,932,000
1923 2,944,513 2,025,000
1924 2,992,632 2,200,000
1925 2,793,606 2,095,000
1926 2,803,525 2,240,000
1927 2,648,007 1,964,000
1928 2,640,846 2,147,000
1929 2,742,572 2,277,000