§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of total United Kingdom consumption of apples, pears, sugar, potatoes and oats were obtained from home production in 1960 and 1977, respectively.
§ Mr. StrangThe following are the estimated quantities of home-produced food available for consumption as a percentage of total new supplies in years 1960 and 1977:
1960 1977 per cent. per cent. Apples (excluding cider apples) 74 46 Pears (excluding perry pears) 52 48 Sugar 41 38 Potatoes 96 82 Oats 98 98 Between 1960 and 1977 the value of home-produced food as a percentage of total United Kingdom food supplies rose from 49 per cent. to 53 per cent.
594WTotal new supplies of apples, pears, sugar and oats are defined as total home production, plus imports, less exports (including re-exports). For potatoes total new supplies comprise the quantity of the home crop available for human consumption—exports and potatoes grown for seed are excluded—plus supplies from the Channel Islands, imports of raw potatoes and imports of processed potatoes converted to raw equivalent by weight.