HC Deb 26 November 1984 vol 68 c405W
Mr. Ron Davies

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the total costs incurred by his Department in the storage of European Economic Community food surpluses in England in the last full year for which figures are available.

Mr. Jopling

Expenditure by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce on the storage and handling of intervention products in the United Kingdom during the 1983–84 financial year totalled £48.6 million. Separate figures for individual countries are not available.