§ Mr. Home Robertsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the value of intervention stocks of barley, breadmaking wheat, feed wheat, and oilseed rape, respectively, held by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce at the end of the 1984–85 crop year.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe following is the value of the cereals stocks held by the Intervention Board on 30 June 1985, based on the buying-in prices applicable on that date.
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Metric tonnes Butter Skimmed milk powder Wheat Barley Beef Intervention Stocks 30 June 1985 180,000 36,000 3,291,000 917,000 58,000 30 June 1984 155,000 172,000 95,000 72,000 16,000 30 June 1980 30,000 703 2,000 14,000 14,000
£ million Barley 104 Wheat of breadmaking quality 8 Feedwheat 364 Oilseed Rape Nil
§ Mr. Home Robertsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what stocks of barley, breadmaking wheat, feed wheat, and oilseed rape, respectively, were held in (a) intervention stores and (b) in private stores at the end of the 1984–85 crop year: and what were the comparable figures for 1983–84.
§ Mr. MacGregorStocks of barley, breadmaking wheat, feedwheat and oilseed rape held in intervention stores, including commercial stores used for that purpose, on 30 June 1985, the latest date for which information is available, and on 30 June 1984 were the following:
Stocks (metric tonnes) 30 June 1984 30 June 1985 Barley 72,017 917,290 Wheat of breadmaking quality 94,551 69,252 Feedwheat 8 3,222,105 Oilseed Rape Nil Nil
§ Mr. Home Robertsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the locations of privately owned stores which are to be used by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce for the storage of grain in the coming year, giving the capacity of each store and the level of payments from public funds for their use; and if he will indicate which of these stores are additional to 1984's provision.
§ Mr. MacGregorStorage for intervention grain in the coming year will be taken up as required. and its location, capacity and cost is not yet known.
§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to the reply of the Minister of State to the hon. Member for Warrington, North on 23 July concerning intervention stores for wheat, if he will list the uses of wheat sold from intervention.
§ Mr. MacGregorWheat has been sold from intervention stocks in the United Kingdom for milling into flour for export as food aid; and on to the home market probably for milling into flour and for use in animal feed.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the level of intervention stocks in (a) public storage and (b) assisted private storage for the United Kingdom, for the latest available dates, 12 months ago and five years ago, for the following commodities: butter, skimmed milk powder, wheat, barley and beef.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information is as follows:
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Butter Skimmed milk powder Wheat Barley Beef Stocks in Assisted Private Storage 30 June 1985 9,000 Nil Nil Nil 15,000 30 June 1984 17,000 Nil Nil Nil Nil 30 June 1980 4,000 Nil Nil Nil Nil