§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is 28W the estimated value of production and consumption of lamb in Wales and England, respectively.
§ Mr. BishopInformation on which to base an estimate of the value of production of lamb in Wales and England separately is not collected. The farmgate value of output of sheep, including the value of exports of live sheep, the value of by-products and any guarantee payments in 1974–75, was £123 million for England and Wales as a whole.
Very approximate estimates of the total value at retail level of household consumption of home-produced and imported mutton and lamb—bought as such—may be derived from National Food Survey data and de-facto population figures, although the National Food Survey sample for any one year is designed to provide averages for the whole of Great Britain rather than the separate countries. For England the data indicate an estimate of some £296 million in 1974 and for Wales some £17 million. These figures exclude the value of any mutton or lamb included in meat products, and do not cover the additional consumption of mutton and lamb—in any form—in meals taken outside the home in catering establishments.