HC Deb 10 December 1975 vol 902 c191W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated value of production and consumption of lamb in Scotland.

Mr. William Ross

It is not practicable to estimate the production and consumption values of lamb as distinct from sheep meat as a whole. For 1974–75 the farm-gate value of Scottish sheepmeat production, including exported live sheep, byproducts and guarantee payments but excluding store sheep sent to England, was £36 million.

An approximation of the retail value of home-produced and imported mutton and lamb consumed in Scotland can be derived from National Food Survey data based on household expenditure. Total consumption in Scotland is thus estimated at about £19 million in 1974, without taking account of sheepmeat included in meat products or bought by catering establishments.