§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State For Northern Ireland if he will publish a table to show for the principal markets in Northern Ireland the price received for suckler calves in each of the months September, October and November, respectively, of the current year, and the figures for 1986, 1981 and 1976, and if he will show the prices in actual and real terms taking 1976 as the base year.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information requested is as follows:
Year Current Prices (£/head) Prices in real terms1 (£/head) Sept. Oct. Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. 1976 — 171.56 174.40 — 171.56 171.99 1981 — 228.85 223.61 — 123.24 119.13 1986 214.18 230.16 224.17 90.30 96.87 93.56 1991 — 276.61 241.51 — 84.82 74.31 1Deflated by changes since October 1976 in the United Kingdom index of retail prices.