§ Mr. Canavanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the total quantity and
Table 1: European Community Intervention by Public Storage End of Year Stock Volumes '000 Tonnes 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Butter European Community 117 53 71 176 117 231 271 128 9 United Kingdom 12 0 0 6 10 39 48 20 0 Skimmed milk powder European Community 166 365 1,112 1,135 965 674 227 230 286 United Kingdom 28 29 28 9 81 60 2 3 30 Wheat European Community na na 1,799 1,377 981 1,053 1,821 4,914 2,978 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 79 Barley European Community na na 523 210 64 177 69 1,086 740 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 533 363 Rye European Community na na 264 161 422 597 549 513 321 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Durum European Community na na 67 365 212 141 143 157 307 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beef European Community 22 253 252 262 323 208 275 302 181 United Kingdom 0 0 1 7 13 15 11 26 11 Olive Oil European Community na na na na na 99 63 67 132 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oilseeds European Community na na na 8 1 0 1 92 19 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 70W
Table 2 European Community intervention by public storage End of year stock values End of year stock values
£'000s 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1978 1980 1981 Butter European Community na na na na 148,355 351,473 430,918 164,450 11,144 United Kingdom 4,504 0 0 5,175 12,019 44,303 65,720 20,111 0 Skimmed Milk Powder European Community na na na na 518,405 435,927 157,195 144,262 186,823 United Kingdom 8,551 12,057 13,929 4,939 44,175 29,199 969 1,649 20,450 Wheat European Community na na na na 85,340 125,415 201,716 471,813 289,179 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,900 8,004 Barley European Community na na na na 4,740 19,598 7,392 103,770 63,702 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 1,684 0 51,423 32,522 Rye European Community na na na na 33,582 74,383 66,144 53,003 33,561 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oiiseeds European Community na na na na 170 0 283 14,612 3,107 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 283 1,500 0 Durum European Community na na na na 28,066 17,378 17,947 16,965 36,944 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beef value of surplus food and the storage costs thereof (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in the whole European Economic Community for each year since the United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. Peter Walker[pursuant to his reply, 1 February 1982, c. 170]: The following tables give available details of the stocks, value and the storage costs of foodstuffs held in public intervention stores at the end of each year. It should be recognised that not all of the quantities shown can be regarded as surplus as they include those stocks which may have subsequently been sold for normal use on both Community and world markets.
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1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1978 1980 1981 European Community na na na na 369,852 274,054 363,047 374,919 238,231 United Kingdom 0 0 766 6,094 15,572 17,898 14,235 38,320 16,770 Olive Oil European Community na na na na na 68,822 47,515 49,660 125,898 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Table 3. European Community Intervention by Public Storage Full Year Storage Costs
£000s 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Cereals European Community na na na 30,594 12,196 28,569 57,652 122,137 189,308 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 99 34 984 3,099 Milk products European Community na na na 349,367 252,353 535,659 483,616 246,273 137,107 United Kingdom 468 203 120 658 934 2,185 3,850 2,516 508 Olive Oil European Community na na na 7,287 5,301 18,347 14,671 12,421 25,157 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oilseeds European Community na na na 70 1 32 182 5,423 3,145 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23 16 Beef European Community na na na 150,109 102,768 187,489 245,346 281,879 266,667 United Kingdom 0 4 24 674 533 1,214 922 1,844 1,910 Notes:
(a) na=not available.
(b) Sources: EC figures derived from information produced by European Commission. United Kingdom figures supplied by Intervention borad for Agricultural Produce.
(c) EC stock figures in table 1 are for dates as close as posible to the end of the year, except those for olive oil which are for end October—end of marketing vear.