§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what
Name of Survey Frequency Number of respondents 1. Agricultural and Horticultural Census Return—June Annual 220,000 2. Agricultural Census—December Annual 45,000 3. EEC Survey of Wine Stocks Annual 2,000 4. Potato Stocks (Potato Marketing Board) Annual 29,000 5. Production and Stocks of Animal Feedingstuffs Raw Materials Annual 207 6. Return of Trade (Covent Garden Market Authority) Annual 204 7. Sample Census and Livestock Enquiry—March Annual 30,000 8. Sample Census and Livestock Enquiry—September Annual 30,000 9. Seedsmen's Return Annual 1,400 10. Vegetables for Human Consumption and Flowers—October Annual 17,000 11. Sample Pig Enquiry Half-yearly 1,000 12. Fruit and Vegetables—Purchases Inquiry Quarterly 200 13. Potato Grower Salesmen and Direct Sales Authority Returns (Potato Marketing Board) Quarterly 4,000 14. Return of Stock Slaughtered by Type of Animal Quarterly 789 15. Commitments to Export Home Produced Barley Monthly 68 16. Crude and Refind Vegetable Oils: Use, Production and Stocks Monthly 15 17. Crush and Stocks of Oilseed and Nuts: Production of Vegetable Oil Monthly 8 *18 and 19. Distillers Receipts and Stocks of Grain Monthly 24 *20 and 21. Grain for Malting: Receipts and Stocks Monthly 52 22. Potato Merchants Returns (Potato Marketing Board) Monthly 2,500 23. Production of Cereal Breakfast Foods and Raw Materials Monthly 7 24. Production and Marketing of Hatching Eggs and Chicks Monthly 215 25. Production and Stocks of Animal Feedingstuffs Raw Materials Monthly 312 26. Production and Stocks of Concentrates; Use of Raw Materials Monthly 5 27. Return from Manufacturers of Margarine and Compound Cooking Fat Monthly 24 28. Return from Oatmeal Millers Monthly 20 29. Return of Stock Slaughtered by Type of Animal Monthly 236 30. Seed Crushers Return Monthly 8 *31 and 32. Stocks of Cereals and Feedingstuffs held Monthly 95 33. Coarse Grain Cereal Products and By-Products Import Commitments Weekly 130 * 34 and 35. Flour Millers Returns Weekly 110 36. Imports of Bacon and Ham Weekly 25 37. Miscellaneous Feedingstuffs Import Commitments Weekly 117 38. Pigs Slaughtered, Carcases Used, Bacon and Ham Produced Weekly 220 39. Purchases of British Corn in England and Wales Weekly 1,250 40. Return of Stock Slaughtered by Type of Animal Weekly 317 41. Wheat and Flour Import Commitments Weekly 92 42. Agricultural Wages and Employment Enquiry Continuous 4,250 43. Deadweight Prices for Pigs (Meat and Livestock Commission) Continuous 34 44. Orchard Fruit Census Irregular (less than annual) 7,000 45. Statistical Office of the European Communities: Survey of Agricultural Earnings Ad Hoc 600 * Separate questionnaires for Northern Ireland; counted as two surveys.