HC Deb 14 May 1990 vol 172 c337W
Mr. Marlow

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what acreage of oilseed rape has been sown in the current year; and how much was sown in the previous five years.

Mr. Curry

The latest estimate for the area sown to oilseed rape in the United Kingdom for harvesting this summer is 400,000 hectares. Figures for the previous five years are as follows:

Thousand hectares
1985 296
1986 299
1987 388
1988 347
1989 323