§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing for each of the member states of the EEC the level of milk production for each year since 1980 and for each of the four quarters during 1983–84.
§ Mr. JoplingData on the level of milk deliveries to dairies are provided in the tables below. The figure excludes on-farm use, use for animal feed and, in general, use for direct sales. The data for 1983 and 1984 are based on monthly returns which are subject to amendment.
Table 1: Annual data on cows' milk delivered to dairies '000 tonnes 1980 1981 1982 1983 Germany 22,948 23,023 23,670 25,176 France 24,830 25,060 25,556 26,092 Italy 7,867 7,756 8,043 8,471 Netherlands 11,444 11,818 12,379 12,881 Belgium 2,986 3,022 3,047 3,264 Luxembourg 262 262 272 243 United Kingdom 15,464 15,394 16,277 16,801 Ireland 4,556 4,514 4,881 5,267 Denmark 4,917 4,837 5,017 5,227 Greece 447 450 444 434
Table 2: Quarterly data on cows' milk delivered to dairies '000 tonnes 1983 1984 April to June July to September October to December January to March Germany 7,069 6,219 5,768 6,416 France 7,760 6,199 5,810 6,520 Italy 2,381 2,104 1,908 2,148 Netherlands 3,647 3,444 2,798 3,059 Belgium 1,014 915 647 693 Luxembourg 72 63 50 59 United Kingdom 4,866 3,778 3,861 4,281 Ireland 2,111 1,714 649 883 Denmark 1,442 1,330 1,224 1,284 Greece 114 117 103 95 Source: Eurostat Cronos.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for each member state of the EEC, what is the latest annual rate of milk production prior to the introduction of EEC quotas; and what will be the production levels for each of these states in 1985 if those levels are to comply with the quota regulations of the EEC.
§ Mr. JoplingData on milk deliveries to dairies in each Member state of the EC were provided in my other reply to the hon. Member of today's date. The statistical basis for these data does not necessarily always correspond to 179W the legal basis of the supplementary levy system. Under that, Member states have available to them quantities for wholesale sales and direct sales as set out below for the 1984–85 marketing year.
Wholesale Deliveries ('000 tonnes) Direct Sales ('000 tonnes) Belgium 3,138 505 Denmark 4,932 1 Germany 23,487 305 France 25,585 116 Greece 472 1,183 Ireland *5,280 16 Italy 8,323 1,591 Luxembourg †268 1 Netherlands 12,052 145 United Kingdom ‡15,487 398 Note: In addition the following quantities are provided for from the Community reserve:
* 245,000 tonnes.
† 25,000 tonnes.
‡ 65,000 tonnes.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the level of milk production for each year since 1980 in England.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information requested is as follows:
Total Sales of Milk off Farms in England through the Milk Marketing Scheme Year Million Litres 1980 11,211 1981 11,084 1982 11,628 1983 *11,863 * Provisional. Source: MMB.