§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing for 1983, or the latest available year, the number of milk producer retailers in England, Scotland and Wales, the amount of milk they produced in that year, in gallons and as a percentage of total national milk production, the number of producer retailers who were self-sufficient, the number selling milk to the Milk Marketing Board and the number buying milk to satisfy their retail needs and the quantities involved.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe numbers of producer retailers and quantities of milk sold under producer retailer licence are as follows. Information on the quantities sold by producer retailers under wholesale contract to the milk marketing board, and on the numbers buying milk and on the quantities involved, is not readily available.
England and Wales Scotland Total Number of producer retailers at March 1983 2,909 242 3,151 Total milk produced under producer retailer licence in 1982–83 million litres 208* 37† 245 (million gallons) (46) (8) (54) Sales under PR licence as a percentage of total milk sales off farms in 1982–83 per cent. 1.5 2.7 1.6 Numbers of producer retailers with a producer's wholesale contract at March 1983 2,654 221 2,875 * Includes sales by producer processors. † Includes sales by producer wholesalers. Source: "United Kingdom Dairy Facts and Figures" published by the Federation of UK Milk Marketing Boards.