§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the total expenditure by the United Kingdom on the importation of food in each of the past 10 years; and if he will express each year's expenditure as a percentage of gross national wealth for the appropriate year.
§ Mr. Jopling[pursuant to his reply, 2 July 1984, c. 46]: The information on food imports is as follows. Expenditure on food imports has been expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product.
Imports of food £b Food imports as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product per cent. 1974 3.1 3.7 1975 3.6 3.4 1976 4.1 3.3 1977 5.2 3.6 1978 5.2 3.1 1979 5.6 2.9 1980 5.4 2.4 1981 5.8 2.3 1982 6.3 2.3 1983 6.7 2.2