HC Deb 28 April 1981 vol 3 c390W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the total amounts of food bought into intervention or withdrawn from the market in each of the past five years.

Mr. Peter Walker

The following table gives in tonnes the food commodities accepted into intervention in the United Kingdom during the past five years:

Year Butter Skimmed Milk Powder Beef Breadmaking Wheat
1976 10,979 42,806 16,866 NIL
1977 17,909 74,762 14,845 NIL
1978 38,569 42,877 16,354 NIL
1979 48,201 9,599 9,928 310
1980 18,998 2,040 30,211 89,865

Quantities of fish withdrawn from the market in the same period were:

Year Tonnes
1976 26,414
1977 32,508
1978 8,139
1979 2,284
1980 31,357

Quantities in tonnes of fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market in the same period were:

Year Apples Pears Cauliflowers Tomatoes
1976 54 25 NIL *NIL
1977 NIL NIL 405 NIL
1978 605 NIL 6,098 NIL
1979 10,647 2,582 51 *NIL
1980 11,167 891 1,289 4
* Under 1 tonne