Indigenous Type Foods

HC Deb 27 March 1984 vol 57 cc137-8W

Mr. Colin Shepherd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list total self-sufficiency levels in the United Kingdom for indigenous type foods for the years 1972 to 1983, both in total and on a commodity basis.

Mr. MacGregor

The figures for United Kingdom self sufficiency for indigenous food are as follows. It is not possible to derive comparable estimates on a commodity basis but estimates of production as a proportion of total new supplies for most indigenous type foods are published in successive annual review of agriculture White Papers (see Cmnd. 9137).

Year	Self sufficiency* per cent
1972	62.8
1973	62.4
1974	58.3
1975	63.8
1976	64.9
1977	62.6
1978	67.9
1979	67.7
1980	73.8
1981	76.0
1982	76.9
1983†	76.0
* Value of home production (less the cost of net imports of feed, seeds and livestock) as a percentage of all indigenous-type food consumed in the United Kingdom.
† Forecast.