§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report the current contents of each European Economic Community intervention foodstore in Britain; and if he will indicate the total annual cost to the taxpayer of the operation of such foodstores.
§ Mr. Jopling[pursuant to his reply, 27 November 1986, c. 340]: As at 30 September 1986 the stocks held at each location were:
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Intervention butter stores as at 30 September 1986 Location Tonnes England Avonmouth 4,400 Aylesford 239 Bloxwich 1,888 Buxton 1,043 Bristol 17,745 Cambourne 528 Cannock 3,182 Chard 474 Cheltenham 274 Chester 1,062 Colnbrook 5,902 Cullompton 11,163 Dagenham 2,748 Derby 1,505 Doncaster 6,221 Droitwich 1,991 Dronfield 1,022 Eastleigh 660 Exeter 4,602 Fleetwood 2,701 Frome 1,573 Gateshead 1,026 Gillingham 1,708 Goole 459 Grantham 5,737 Great Harwood 603 Grimsby 5,569 Haywood 111 Hereford 1,142 Hull 4,213 Kings Lynn 2,374 Leeds 2,408 Leek 1,296 Liverpool 22,293 London 4,137 Lowestoft 699 Manchester 7,938 Milton Keynes 318 Northallerton 2,405 North Shields 3 Nuneaton 52 Oswestry 2,728 Peterborough 5,338 Plymouth 1,481 Preston 1,580 Pontefract 816 Retford 1,802
Location Tonnes Reading 522 Rochdale 981 Severnside 1,045 Sevenoaks 1,613 Sheffield 774 Sherbourne 3,763 Shrewsbury 1,600 Southall 2,125 Stoke 409 Stanmore 3,846 St Helens 1,144 Stourport 2,340 Sutton in Ashfield 1,232 Swindon 905 Taunton 1,409 Tewkesbury 2,784 Thetford 1,517 Truro 2,938 Warwick 1,548 Warrington 2,613 Wigan 818 Wigston 1,512 Wolverhampton 7,476 Yate 684 Yeovil 168 Wales Cardiff 13,385 Milford Haven 480 Newport 1,606 Rhyl 971 Swansea 3,162 Whitland 280 Scotland Aberdeen 1,087 Bellshill 3,751 Dalcross 36 Dundee 540 Edinburgh 2,141 Glasgow 2,171 Glenrothes 5,062 Northern Ireland Annalong 680 Augher 1,001 Ballymena 133 Banbridge 5,081 Belfast 3,134 Coleraine 2,730 Craigavon 1,172 Lisburn 2,527 Londonderry 1,117 Omagh 820 Portadown 4,180 Strabane 3,336 Whiteabbey 1,097
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Intervention skimmed milk powder stores at at 30 September 1986 Location Tonnes England Avonmouth 201 Billingham 1,077 Bootle 120 Bridgwater 560 Caine 20 Chard 600 Cockermouth 1,136 Darlington 482 Droitwich 441 Exeter 5,446 Great Torrington 1,072 High Ercall 3,590 Kingswinford 20 Knockin Heath 480
Location Tonnes Lostwithiel 232 Market Drayton 280 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 240 Newton Abbot 243 Nuneaton 288 Oswestry 120 Penrith 1,280 Plymouth 40 Redcar 121 Rotherwas 361 St. Helens 250 Stockton-on-Tees 655 Stonehouse (Gloucester) 560 Wellington 1,083 Westbury 153 Whitchurch (Salop) 1,990 Scotland Cumbernauld 657 Glenrothes 966 Wales Bedwas 1,835 Grymych 1,520 Llandysul 793 Llanelli 2,640 St. Clears 1,246 Northern Ireland Antrim 360 Ballymena 520 Banbridge 9,141 Coleraine 512 Craigavon 135 Hillsborough 370 Moneymore 706 Newton Abbey 45 Portadown 1,500 Strabane 4,200
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Location Tonnes England Avonmouth 734 Bishop Stortford 11 Blackburn 825 Bourne 190 Bury St. Edmunds 751 Cannock 632 Colnbrook 1,495 Cullompton 106 Doncaster 88 Droitwich 403 Eastleigh 154 Exeter 323 Felixstowe 142 Fleetwood 81 Gateshead 432 Gillingham 648 Grantham 2,088 Hull 6,293 Kings Lynn 3,206 Leeds 1,989 Leicester 150 Liverpool 1,265 London 1,693 Lowestoft 216 Luton 15 Maidstone 152 Manchester 353 March 36 Northallerton 20 Northampton 199 Nottingham 99
Location Tonnes Nuneaton 29 Oswestry 59 Paddock Wood 1,236 Peterborough 2,510 Plymouth 69 Pontefract 1,277 Reading 42 St. Helens 154 Salford 576 Sherborne 54 Shrewsbury 867 Truro 214 Walsall 209 Warwick 40 Wigan 160 Wigston 118 Wolverhampton 861 Scotland Aberdeen 3,136 Bellshill 55 Bridge of Allan 22 Dundee 693 Edinburgh 284 Fraserburgh 199 Glasgow 891 Glenrothes 451 Inverness 492 Peterhead 175 Wales Cardiff 136 Rhyl 108 Northern Ireland Antrim 5,322 Ballymena 1,009 Belfast 1,586 Coleraine 689 Craigavon 12,114 Dungannon 2,802 Lisburn 3,461 Newry 37 Newtonabbey 6,317 Omagh 3,307 Portadown 32 Strabane 241
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Intervention Cereal stores as at 30 September 1986 Wheat Location Tonnes England Abingdon 38,877 Alford 7,412 Ancaster 11,585 Avonmouth 7,295 Aylesbury 17,431 Banbury 35,318 Bardney 16,806 Barrow-on-Humber 7,545 Bicester 36,442 Boston 4,455 Braintree 15,096 Bressingham 38,010 Bury St. Edmunds 14,158 Christchurch 37,902 Cleveland 25,754 Clopton 24,445 Colnbrook 39,726 Colsterworth 16,363 Dagenham 22,988 Didcot 12,541 Diss 11,972 Doncaster 57,849 Downham Market 11,426
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Location Tonnes Driffield 28,931 Droitwich 1,945 Dudley 10,135 Easingwold 946 Ely 49,340 Elsworth 10,363 Fakenham 11,823 Felixstowe 49,410 Finmere 10,730 Foulsham 16,533 Fulbourn 9,869 Gainsborough 16,758 Gloucester 28,749 Grantham 66,061 Grateley 14,794 Grimsby 9,242 Hadleigh 4,450 Hadstock 9,646 Halesworth 77,722 Halstead 17,209 Haresfield 23,636 Hartlebury 80,065 Hayes 22,775 Heighington 5,039 Hemswell 74,787 Holton-le-Clay 14,493 Honeybourne 24,961 Horncastle 22,556 Hoveringham 15,762 Hull 88,490 Huntingdon 31,239 Immigham 9,489 Ipswich 35,078 Kings Lynn 71,988 Lincoln 57,780 Little Saxham 34,884 London 24,181 Long Eaton 14,950 Luton 50,232 Lutterworth 41,482 Lympne 19,662 Maldon 59,985 Manby 15,611 Market Drayton 22,630 Market Harborough 10,395 Melmerby 25,912 Membury 21,194 Minworth 78,756 Misson 25,610 Mistley 12,501 Monmouth 23,207 Newcastle 497 Newmarket 20,242 Norwich 9,942 Pebmarsh 8,603 Prees Heath 22,871 Raydon 9,113 Ringwood 67,163 Roydon 9,838 Royston 22,861 Salisbury 81,001 Sawston 14,776 Scunthorpe 55,539 Skegness 9,899 Sleaford 8,866 Snetterton 44,922 Soham 1,102 South Wigston 15,073 Spalding 8,235 St. Ives 13,077 Stoke Ferry 15,057 Stowmarket 43,625 Stretham 20,429 Sudbury 11,169 Swaffham 5,036 Swinderby 16,830
Location Tonnes Swindon 24,170 Tadcaster 4 Tangmere 9,072 Thetford 16,772 Thorne 2,921 Tuxford 12,459 Ulceby 10,298 Uttoxeter 122,021 Walsingham 7,039 Watford 60,750 Wednesbury 5,916 Wellingborough 10,445 Westbury 17,328 West Hallam 40,891 West Wratting 6,840 Whittlesford 22,958 Wimblington 15,406 Wingham 7,574 Wisbech 42,162 Witham 38,030 Witney 8,549 Wroughton 35,166 York 44,589 Scotland Duns 4,171 Glenrothes 1,228 Ormiston 135
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Intervention Cereals stores as at 30 September 1986 Barley Location Tonnes England Alnwick 20,520 Avonmouth 4,083 Bardney 12,421 Basildon 35,266 Belford 6,567 Blyth 4,585 Boston 5,458 Bressingham 10,943 Bury St. Edmunds 22,752 Chipping Warden 28,406 Colsterworth 8,361 Corby 19,054 Coventry 38,025 Driffield 14,757 Ely 38,339 Felixstowe 11,719 Gloucester 43,044 Grantham 2,950 Hadleigh 12,457 Hartlebury 35,511 Honeybourne 19,697 Hull 27,603 Kings Lynn 871 Lincoln 1,410 Linton 7,049 Long Eaton 17,629 Lowick 11,562 Manby 16,622 Market Harborough 2,591 Market Rasen 10,717 Newcastle 9,673 Newmarket 32,688 Normanton 2,644 Norwich 18,828 Owmby 9,005 Pickenham 941 Prees Heath 14,842 Rackheath 8,476 Retford 20,859 Scunthorpe 61,544 Selby 14,680 Skegness 23,308
Location Tonnes Snetterton 24,902 Southampton 25,212 Staughton 22,369 Swindon 32,150 Tamworth 7,859 Tangmere 12,501 Telford 21,199 Thetford 12,913 Uttoxeter 31,437 Wednesbury 61,943 West Bromwich 16,554 Whittlesey 10,474 Witney 36,489 Woodbridge 16,741 Wymeswold 8,731 York 17,325 Scotland Airdrie 21,984 Duns 103,949 Dysart 35,829 Evanton 10,001 Glenrothes 23,654 Granton 23,301 Keith 13,636 Kirkcaldy 11,588 Kirknewton 21,859 Leith 8,059 Leven 2,814 Locharbriggs 40,886 Newmachar 12,077 Ormiston 54,538 Penicuik 9,989 Stracathro 89,562 Tranent 12,506 Turriff 47,101 Provision in the Intervention Board's 1986–87 Supply Estimates (class IV, vote I) for the storage and related costs of maintaining intervention stocks is £130 million, towards which contributions from the EC budget were expected to total £109 million.