§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculure, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1984 the prices and consumption of sheepmeat on the same basis as that given in his answer of 19 March 1984, Official Report, columns 356–58.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information requested is as follows. The estimated figures for 1983 given in my answer of 19 March 1984 have been replaced with the final figures.
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Sheepmeat United Kingdom 1983 1984 Average market price £/tonne(i) *1,465 ‡1,617 †1,805 ‡1,793 Wholesale price £/tonne(ii) Home-produced 1,638 1,711
United Kingdom 1983 1984 New Zealand 1,265 1,443 Landed price £/tonne(iii) Irish Republic≑ 1,486 1,070 New Zealand 1,213 1,222 Retail Price Index(iv) 1974 = 100 Mutton and Lamb 245 256 All items excluding foodstuffs 342 359 Supplies available for consumption per head of mutton and lamb (v) Kgs/per person/per year 7.3 ‡7.1 * Great Britain average market price (estimated dressed carcase weight prices at liveweight auctions) for animals certified under the sheep variable premium scheme. † Northern Ireland average market price (estimated dressed carcase weight prices recorded at the four auction markets used for EC price reporting purposes). ‡ Estimates. ≑ Imports from Ireland to which these figures relate are of very small quantities. Sources: (i) Annual Review of Agriculture. (ii) Smithfield prices (English Medium & New Zealand PL&PM grades). (iii) UK Trade Statistics. (iv) Retail Price Index. Department of Employment. (v) Annual abstracts of Statistics.