§ Miss Quennellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are his estimates of United Kingdom-grown cereal stocks on United Kingdom farms at present, listing wheat, barley and oats separately.
§ Mr. Anthony Stodart:Estimates are not available on a United Kingdom basis. Estimates of total cereals stocks on farms in England and Wales at the end of September were published on 10th November, 1971. The estimates were as follows:
Estimates for Great Britain will be published at the beginning of December and subsequently at monthly intervals until July. Cereals production in Northern Ireland is marginal in relation to total266W
'000 tons Wheat 3,820 Barley 5,660 Oats 820 United Kingdom supplies, and the quantities sold off farms are too small to justify regular surveys of farm stocks.