§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the total amount of cereal substitutes(a) imported to and (b) produced in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years; and if he will give the total tonnage of natural cereals held in stock in the European Community over the same period.
§ Mr. CurryThe volume of United Kingdom imports of cereal substitutes, as defined in annex D of EC regulation 2727/75, during the last five years for which complete data are available was as follows:
'000 tonnes 1986 1,036 1987 1,091 1988 1,144 1989 833 1990 1,235 Source: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.
Data on United Kingdom production of cereal substitutes are not collected centrally. However, the volume of cereal substitutes of United Kingdom origin used for animal feed during the last five years is estimated to be as follows:
Crop years July to June '000 tonnes 1986–87 2,199 1987–88 2,253 1988–89 2,320 1989–90 2,253 1990–91 2,219 Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
The figures do not necessarily include all cereal substitutes, for example, citrus pulp, which might be produced in the United Kingdom from imported raw materials.
250WInformation on the volume of natural cereals—grain —held in European Community intervention stocks is placed in the Library of the House on a monthly basis.