HC Deb 18 March 1986 vol 94 cc146-52W
Mr. Clay

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the location of each intervention store within the United Kingdom.

Mr. Jopling

As at 31 January 1986 the locations of intervention stores in the United Kingdom and the amounts stored were as follows:

Intervention Butter Stocks
Town Tonnes
Aberdeen (2) 1,064
Annalong 680
Augher 1,001
Avonmouth (4) 2,388
Aylesford 239
Ballymena 243
Banbridge 5,086
Belfast (4) 3,926
Bellshill 3,149
Bloxwich 1,915
Bristol (4) 15,153
Buxton 1,225
Camborne 528
Cannock 2,450
Cardiff (3) 10,650
Chard 490
Chester 1,062
Coleraine 2,730
Colnbrook 4,808
Craigavon 331
Cullompton 13,708
Dagenham 1,896
Dalcross 72
Doncaster 2,756
Droitwich 626
Dundee 540
Eastleigh 758
Easton (2) 1,190
Edinburgh (3) 1,314
Exeter (2) 2,833
Fleetwood 2,604
Frome 1,459
Glasgow (2) 2,164
Gloucester 1,331
Goole 326
Grimsby (3) 6,587
Harlow 140
Heywood 725
Hull (5) 3,684
Kings Lynn (2) 2,509
Leeds (2) 2,024
Leek 1,295
Leith 1,195
Lisburn 1,583
Liverpool (5) 15,540
London (3) 4,376
Londonderry 998
Manchester (2) 6,199
Milford Haven 480
Milton Keynes 319
Newport 1,040
Northallerton (2) 2,308

Town Tonnes
Nuneaton 1,411
Oswestry 3,089
Peterborough (2) 1,643
Pontefract 872
Portadown 3,614
Preston (2) 1,679
Reading 522
Retford 1,559
Rhyl 1,275
Roborough 1,149
Rochdale 748
St. Albans 16
St. Helens 1,144
Severnside 304
Sheffield (2) 2,869
Sherborne (2) 4,043
Shrewsbury 378
Southall (3) 1,572
Stourport 1,882
Stanmore 1,403
Strabane (2) 3,125
Swansea 3,222
Swindon 1,142
Taunton 448
Thetford 1,672
Trentham 409
Truro 2,939
Tyne and Wear (2) 1,731
Warrington 2,948
Warwick 1,545
White Abbey 1,097
Whitland 280
Wigan 838
Wigston 1,244
Wolverhampton 7,216
Yeovil 168

Intervention Cereal Stocks
Town Tonnes
Abingdon 48,893
Airdrie 2,137
Alford 7,183
Alnwick 20,520
Ancaster 19,969
Arbroath 15,571
Attigavin 931
Avonmouth (4) 75,544
Aylesbury 17,229
Banbury (2) 51,069
Bardney 34,037
Barrow-on-Humber 10,093
Basildon 34,722
Belfast (2) 7,113
Belford 8,561
Bicester 36,467
Birkenhead 17,556
Birmingham 107,213
Blyth 9,458
Boroughbridge 5,483
Boston 12,536
Braintree (4) 23,823
Brentwood 3,179
Bressingham 48,953
Bridlington 34,002
Bury St. Edmunds (3) 71,401
Chipping Warden 28,406
Christchurch 37,902
Cleveland 13,546
Clopton 24,445
Colnbrook 31,566
Colsterworth 24,724
Corby 18,737
Coventry (2) 40,990
Dagenham 29,994
Didcot 17,543

Town Tonnes
Diss 11,972
Doncaster (2) 70,394
Downham Market 11,426
Driffield (3) 46,579
Droitwich 18,749
Drumlithie 13,805
Dudley 22,024
Duns (3) 104,538
Dysart 35,429
Earls Colne 7,069
Easingwold 6,855
Ely (5) 87,981
Elsworth 23,998
Evanton (2) 25,232
Exeter 4,536
Eye 7,454
Fakenham 12,035
Fearn 7,934
Felixstowe (3) 122,480
Finmere 37,052
Ford 6,217
Foulsham (2) 16,740
Fulbourn 9,869
Gainsborough 17,216
Gateshead 21,202
Glenrothes (2) 23,723
Gloucester (4) 139,335
Goxhill 2,648
Grantham (4) 80,400
Granton 23,302
Grateley 14,794
Grimsby+ 15,594
Hadleigh 16,500
Hadstock 12,191
Halesworth (2) 72,735
Halstead 17,235
Haresfield 36,135
Harlebury (2) 112,048
Hayes 25,709
Heighington (2) 13,132
Hemswell 68,111
Heybridge 46,249
Honeybourne 44,261
Horncastle 22,555
Hoveringham 15,775
Hull (7) 135,764
Huntingdon (2) 31,001
Immingham 9,489
Ingham 12,082
Ipswich (2) 35,080
Keith (2) 17,102
Kings Lynn 98,923
Kirkcaldy (2) 11,218
Kirknewton 21,859
Kirton Lindsey 4,902
Laurencekirk 1,745
Leith 8,059
Leven 8,832
Lincoln (3) 134,714
Linton 4,898
Little Saxham 23,862
Locharbriggs 55,038
London 21,942
Londonderry 1,712
Long Eaton 28,833
Lerwick 10,754
Luton 50,232
Lutterworth (2) 94,537
Lympne 19,662
Maldon 102,879
Manby 49,094
Market Drayton 21,769
Market Harborough (2) 20,960
Market Rasen 10,547
Melmerby 25,912
Membury (2) 23,402
Methwold 9,842

Town Tonnes
Minworth (2) 100,843
Misson 25,091
Mistley 11,998
Monmouth 19,524
Newbury 5,849
Newcastle 21,256
Newmacher (2) 12,077
Newmarket 63,369
Normanton 37,162
Norwich (3) 34,827
Ormiston (2) 83,258
Owmby (2) 17,287
Pebmarsh 8,341
Pencuick 13,990
Pickenhham 7,426
Pinhoe 4,536
Pocklington 12,312
Prees Heath 47,292
Purfleet 11,481
Quarrington 8,547
Rackheath 8,576
Raydon 9,641
Retford (2) 25,372
Ringwood (2) 89,632
Roydon 20,332
Royston 23,083
Salisbury (3) 97,068
Sawston 14,776
Scunthorpe (2) 138,372
Selby 32,408
Skegness (3) 45,801
Sleaford (2) 8,866
Sharpness 4,367
Snetterton 70,158
Soham 11,102
Southampton (2) 73,264
South Wigston 15,073
Spalding 7,684
St. Ives 15,704
Staughton 19,488
Stoke Ferry 15,057
Stowmarket (3) 50,711
Stracathro (3) 92,453
Stretham 20,214
Sudbury 11,169
Swaffham 5,036
Swinderby (2) 23,039
Swindon 110,981
Tadcaster 34,021
Tamworth 8,362
Tangmere 26,060
Telford (2) 20,041
Thetford (2) 44,250
Thorne 4,164
Towcaster 5,615
Tranent 12,506
Turriff 51,112
Tuxford (2) 23,223
Ulceby 10,298
Uttoxeter 67,282
Walsingham 16,132
Watford 59,885
Wednesbury 68,528
Wellingborough 10,445
Wells 359
Westbury (2) 17,328
West Bromwich 25,741
West Hallam 25,079
West Wratting 11,013
Whittlesey 10,474
Whittlesford 22,958
Wimblington (3) 78,022
Wingham 10,432
Wisbech 42,162
Witham 37,679
Witney (2) 47,603
Woodbridge (2) 18,609

Town Tonnes
Wroughton 35,167
Wymeswold 8,731
York (2) 45,814

Intervention beef stocks
Town Tonnes
Aberdeen (3) 3,485
Antrim 5,344
Avonmouth (2) 748
Aylesford 40
Ballymena 1,089
Belfast (3) 5,555
Bellshill 345
Bishop Stortford 14
Bourne 210
Bridge of Allan 112
Bury St. Edmunds 549
Cambridge 177
Cannock 686
Cardiff 537
Coleraine 601
Colnbrook 1,714
Craigavon 3,071
Cullompton 196
Doncaster 122
Droitwich 819
Dundee 678
Dungannon 3,185
Eastleigh 239
Edinburgh (2) 326
Exeter 517
Felixstowe 142
Fleetwood 98
Fraserburgh 671
Gateshead 507
Gillingham 1,086
Glasgow (2) 1,237
Grantham 120
Granton 58
Hull (4) 6,867
Inverness 492
Kings Lynn (2) 4,064
Leeds (3) 2,934
Lisburn 1,928
Liverpool (4) 1,928
London (4) 2,744
Lowestoft 216
Luton 34
Manchester 1,190
Newry 183
Newtownabbey 5,088
Northallerton 147
Nottingham 118
Nuneaton 29
Omagh 1,580
Oswestry 243
Paddock Wood 1,491
Peterborough (2) 3,989
Peterhead 361
Plymouth 98
Pontefract 1,606
Portadown 39
Reading 42
Rhyl 198
Sherborne 141
Shrewsbury 776
St. Helens 206
Strabane 338
Trafford Park 516
Truro 95
Walsall 645
Warrington 389
Warwick 17
Wigston 14
Wolverhampton 741

Intervention SMP stocks
Town Tonnes
Antrim 400
Avonmouth 201
Bellymena (2) 520
Banbridge 5,289
Bedwas 2,262
Billingham (2) 544
Bootle 120
Bristol 1,760
Coleraine 231
Calne 20
Craigavon 135
Cumbernauld 456
Cockermouth 1,135
Darlington 1,000
Droitwich 543
Exeter (2) 3,082
Glenrothes 966
High Ercall 1,694
Hillsborough 370
Katesbridge 420
Kingswinford 20
Kirby 80
Knockin Heath 349
Llandysul (2) 973
Lostwithiel 280
Honeymore 740
Newtownabbey 45
Newton Abbott (2) 531
Northallerton 375
Nuneaton 48
Penrith 920
Portadown 1,500
Redcar 136
Rotherwas 362
St. Clears 966
St. Helens 520
Stockton-on-Tees 1,673
Strabane 5,400
Taunton 240

Table A—Distribution of agricultural holdings by number of hired workers: June 1984
Region Number of hired workers Labour size group
0 1–5 6–10 Over 10 Total
North 7,533 3,981 178 70 11,762
64.0 per cent. 33.8 per cent. 1.5 per cent. 0.6 per cent. 100 per cent.
Yorkshire and Humberside 10,204 5,734 541 245 16,724
61.0 per cent. 34.3 per cent. 3.2 per cent. 1.5 per cent. 100 per cent.
East Midlands 10,265 5,970 689 365 17,289
59.4 per cent. 34.5 per cent. 4.0 per cent. 2.1 per cent. 100 per cent.
East Anglia 7,151 4,610 840 603 13,204
54.2 per cent. 34.9 per cent. 6.4 per cent. 4.6 per cent. 100 per cent.
South East 14,145 9,888 1,426 1,143 26,602
53.2 per cent. 37.2 per cent. 5.4 per cent. 4.3 per cent. 100 per cent.
South West 22,293 12,121 771 326 35,511
62.8 per cent. 34.1 per cent. 2.2 per cent. 0.9 per cent. 100 per cent.
West Midlands 12,153 6,366 523 324 19,366
62.8 per cent. 32.9 per cent. 2.7 per cent. 1.7 per cent. 100 per cent.
North West 8,420 3,907 237 144 12,708
66.3 per cent. 30.7 per cent. 1.9 per cent. 1.1 per cent. 100 per cent.
England 92,164 52,577 5,205 3,220 153,166
60.2 per cent. 34.3 per cent. 3.4 per cent. 2.1 per cent. 100 per cent.
Wales 22,648 6,785 230 89 29,752
76.1 per cent. 22.8 per cent. 0.8 per cent. 0.3 per cent. 100 per cent.

Town Tonnes
Torrington (2) 880
Warrington 206
Wellington 1,520
Westbury 201
Whitchurch (Hants) 201
Whitchurch (Salop) 1,312