§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a complete list of United Kingdom and European Community agricultural produce in public intervention and assisted private storage in England and the United Kingdom, respectively, the amount held and values at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Jopling[pursuant to the reply, Thursday 24 October 1985, c. 256]: The information requested is set out in the tables below. They set out the position at 30 September 1985. The values are calculated on the basis of 508W the buying prices at that date. No values are provided for assisted private storage stocks since these are privately owned.
TABLE 1 Intervention stocks in England and in the United Kingdom England United Kingdom Commodity Tonnes £ million (approx) Tonnes £ million (approx) Beef 35,595 86.5 69,000 174.3 Feedwheat 3,281,379 369.5 3,361,664 378.5 Barley 1,364,354 153.6 1,791,590 201.7 Breadwheat 19,386 *2.3 19,386 *2.3 Rye 115 0.013 115 0.013 Butter 147,017 277.9 203,791 385.2 Skimmed Milk Powder 19,295 20.7 40,801 43.9 * Provisional figure. SourceIntervention Board for Agricultural Produce.
TABLE 2 Assisted private storage stocks in England and the United Kingdom England United Kingdom Commodity Tonnes Tonnes Beef 2,684 7,907 Pigmeat 845 875 Butter 9,116 12,445 SourceIntervention Board for Agricultural Produce.