HC Deb 04 February 1966 vol 723 cc311-2W
Mr. Scott-Hopkins

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the amount of beef, mutton and lamb produced in Great Britain each year for the past five years.

Mr. John Mackie

The following figures give the commercial production of beef, mutton and lamb in Great Britain, including the estimated meat

OUTPUT AND DISPOSAL OF WHOLE MILK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Calendar years Million gallons
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 (prov.)
Liquid Consumption (*) 1,653 1,677 1,700 1,716 1,735 1,737
Used for Butter (†) 234 294 339 250 145 212
Used for cheese (†) 254 262 261 242 255 262
Used for full-cream powder 44 44 43 47 50 48
Used for other products (†) (including cream) 220 231 236 253 273 298
(Total manufacturing usage) (752) (831) (879) (792) (723) (820)
Total output for human consumption 2,405 2,508 2,579 2,508 2,458 2,557
(*) including farmhouse consumption. (†) including farmhouse manufacture.
Of the skimmed milk derived from the manufacture of butter and cream, the following quantities were manufactured into skimmed milk powder:
Year Skimmed Milk (m.g.)
1960 … … … … … 141
1961 … … … … … 165
1962 … … … … … 183
1963 … … … … … 122
1964 … … … … … 69
1965 (prov.) … … … … 167
To avoid duplication these quantities are excluded from the table above.

equivalent of live animals exported, for each of the calendar years 1961 to 1965.

Beef
('000 tons)
1961 … … … … 749.8
1962 … … … … 791.4
1963 … … … … 835.8
1964 … … … … 805.4
1965 (prov.) … … … … 770.0
Mutton and Lamb
('000 tons)
1961 … … … … 249.8
1962 … … … … 237.0
1963 … … … … 231.9
1964 … … … … 242.1
1965 (prov.) … … … … 231.4