Food Market Statistics

HC Deb 06 December 1991 vol 200 cc247-8W

Sir Michael Neubert

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the size of the retail food market in volume terms in each of the last five years to date.

Mr. Curry

The table provides estimates of the size of the food market derived from statistics on retail sales of food, confectionery and soft drinks. The current price estimates have been deflated by the food component of the retail prices index, 1986 = 100.

Retail sales of food, confectionery and soft drinks in Great Britain1
	£ billion real terms
1986	31.5
1987	32.8
1988	33.5
1989	34.7
1990	235.5
1 Comparable data are not available for Northern Ireland.
2 Forecast.

Source: MAFF estimates based on CSO retail inquiries data.