HC Deb 06 February 1991 vol 185 cc198-9W
Mr. Colvin

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish(a) a table showing the tonnage and value of various foodstuffs in intervention storage (i) in the United Kingdom and (ii) in the EEC and (b) give these quantities as a percentage of annual output.

Mr. Curry

The information requested is shown in the table:

Intervention stocks ('000 tonnes) Value£million1 stocks as percentage of annual production (1989)
United Kingdom
Butter 23 14.98 18
SMP 7 4.13 5
Cereals 631 20.25 3
Beef 74 81.82 8

Intervention stocks ('000 tonnes) Value£million1 stocks as percentage of annual production (1989)
EC
Butter 243 188.03 14
SMP 336 218.33 24
Cereals 12,417 790.96 8
Beef 2210 166.63 3
Olive Oil 71 62.86 5
Dried Fruit 37 8.65 30
Tobacco 87 17.92 21
1 Values (except for dried fruit) from 1991 preliminary draft budget, representing end-year depreciated value of stock. Dried fruit value based on current disposal prices.
2 Latest published figure. Informal Commission estimates are that stocks are currently around 700,000 tonnes.