§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the totals of foodstuffs and fish which have been destroyed or otherwise disposed of in consequence of the activities of the Intervention Board in the year to date.
§ Mr. Buchanan-Smith:In the 12-month period 1 October 1980 to 30 September 1981 the following quantities bought into intervention or withdrawn from the market in the United Kingdom were sold, supplied as food aid, or given away as food:
Beef—20,554 tonnesButter—28,114 tonnesSkimmed Milk Powder—502 tonnesBreadmaking wheat—32,199 tonnesFruit and vegetables—252 tonnesOther disposals in the period were as follows:
Fruit and vegetables—5,788 tonnes supplied free forQuantities held in European Community Intervention Stores
European Community Totals
Beef *22 *488 262 307 307 217 219 235 170 Butter 156 98 64 194 172 213 319 179 12 Skimmed Milk Powder 174 318 1,037 1,294 1,078 882 353 231 344 Wheat N/A N/A 1,951 1,496 604 743 1,332 3,494 2,577 Barley N/A N/A 529 150 54 155 54 864 830 Rye N/A N/A 285 160 324 487 508 469 324 Durum N/A N/A 1 371 213 63 152 147 225 Oilseed Rape — — — 8 1 — 1 92 13 Olive Oil N/A N/A 14 46 49 99 63 67 132 Note* End of year figures.N/A Not available.The European Community mainly disposes of surplus sugar by subsidised exports to the world market. Intervention is rare and no reliable figures are available.