HC Deb 26 February 1976 vol 906 c298W
Mr. Walters

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how unused grain stocks at the latest date compare with the equivalent time in 1974.

Mr. Bishop

Total stocks of grain—unused but including sold stocks—on farms in England and Wales at end December were as follows:

Estimated tonnage of stocks applying survey percentages to the latest official estimates of production ('000 tonnes)
1974 1975 Difference
3,510 2,250 _1,260
3,580 3,220 _360
400 320 _80
7,490 5,790 _700

Mr. Bishop

Forty in 1975 and five so far this year.