§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the average ex-farm price of wheat in the United Kingdom for 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984 at constant prices, showing the 1979 price as 100.
§ Mrs. FennerThe information requested is presented in the table: 533W
Ex-farm price of wheat In current terms * £/Tonne Index 1979=100 Index 1979=100 1979 96 100 100 1980 99 104 98 1981 109 114 97 1982 114 119 94 1983 124 129 98 1984 112 116 88 1985 110 115 89 * Deflated by the index of Producer Prices of Agricultural Products.
Exports of cereals and cereal preparations Exports of food, feed and alcoholic beverages excluding cereals and cereal preparations Value Value in real (1979) terms* Index of value in real terms* Value Value in real (1979) terms* Index of value in real term* £000 £000 (1979 = 100) £000 £000 (1979 = 100) 1979 264 264 100 2,433 2,433 100 1980 456 387 147 2,599 2,204 91 1981 698 529 200 2,693 2,040 84 1982 774 540 205 2,877 2,008 83 1983 741 494 187 3,197 2,130 88 1984 993 631 239 3,464 2,202 91 1985† 834 499 189 3,891 2,327 96 * After deflation by the General Index of Retail Prices. † Provisional.