§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether his Department has discontinued(a) the collection or (b) the publication of any statistics since 1979.
§ Mr. CurryMy Department collects and publishes statistics on a wide range of topics. It regularly carries out reviews to ensure that statistics are relevant to current needs. As part of this process, some statistics which were collected and published in 1979 have been discontinued; some new ones have been collected and published and there have been improvements in others.