§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much rapeseed in the EC is used for animal feed; what is the cost to EC funds of using this feed; and if he will publish a table showing the total subsidies paid by the EC on ingredients to animal feed and the total value of feed produced.
§ Mr. CurryIn 1990–91, around 6 million tonnes of rapeseed were processed in the EC. The majority was crushed for oil and meal. Only the meal, which makes up around 60 per cent. of the seed by weight, is used in animal feeds. Some 290,000 tonnes of rapeseed were directly incorporated into animal feed. Expenditure on EC support subsidies for rapeseed in 1989, the latest year for which final figures are available, was 1,288 mecu—£843 million.
The other information requested is not available.