HC Deb 25 January 1983 vol 35 c397W
Mr. Leighton

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give figures for the British consumption of white fish for each of the last 10 years.

Mrs. Fenner

On the basis of the national food survey, household consumption of white fish—fresh, frozen, filleted, unfilleted or processed but not cooked or in fish products—in Great Britain during 1972–81 is estimated to have been as follows:

Ounces per person per week
Year Ounces
1972 2.1
1973 2.0
1974 1.8
1975 1.9
1976 1.9
1977 1.8
1978 1.8
1979 1.8
1980 1.9
1981 2.0

Estimates for the calendar year 1982 are not yet available.