HC Deb 29 October 1987 vol 121 cc404-5W
Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his reply of 22 October, Official Report, column 889, if he will give details of (a) the intervention cost, (b) the storage cost, and (c) the sale price of the 278,612 tonnes of skimmed milk powder sold for manufacture into animal feed between 1982 and 1986.

Mr. Donald Thompson

The information is not available in the form requested. However, details of buying-in prices and average incidental costs for all purchases of SMP, together with average sale prices of SMP destined for animal feed over the period in question are as follows:

1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Amounts sold (tonnes) 4,310 60,927 145,444 34,561 33,370
1 Includes transport, storage and handling costs.