Milk (Hansard, 14 March 1995)

§ Mr. Alex Carlile
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of milk quota is currently owned by persons who are not active dairy farmers; and if he will make a statement

§ Mr. Jack
The intervention board keeps a record of individual producer's milk quota but not their milk production. Information on the percentage of milk quota owned by non-producing quota holders is therefore not available.

§ Mr. Martyn Jones
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what measures are currently being taken in respect of the black market in milk.

§ Mr. Jack
The industry has taken excellent advantage of the intervention board's fraud freephone and provided many reports of trading in black market milk. The agency's team of investigators are vigorously following up a number of leads.

§ Mr. Boyes
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all White Papers, Green Papers and pamphlets issued by his Department, or agencies for which it is responsible, in 1994, giving in each case the total cost to the Exchequer of their production publication and distribution and what was the total equivalent cost in 1980.

§ Mr. Waldegrave
[holding answer 2 march 1995]: In respect of those White Papers, Green Papers and other publications published by HMSO all costs are borne by HMSO who aim to recover these from sales revenue. In addition, MAFF produces a wide range of reports, information booklets and other publications which are listed in the Department's publications catalogue, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House. The cost of producing, publishing and distributing such material in 1994–95 is expected to be about £2.2 million. Expenditure relating to all individual items could be ascertained only at disproportionate cost, but I should be happy to provide the hon. Member with further details relating to any publications in which he is particularly interested.
Publications produced by MAFF agencies are the responsibility of their chief executives. I have asked them to reply direct to the hon. Member.
Figures for 1980 are not available in a comparable form.
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Letter from Dr. P. 1. Stanley to Mr. Roland Boyes, dated 13 March 1995:
EXPENDITURE IN 1994 BY MAFF AND ITS AGENCIES ON WHITE PAPERS, GREEN PAPERS AND PAMPHLETS
No White Papers or Green Papers were published by the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) in 1994. However the Agency produced several information pamphlets including a Statement of Standards and several information pamphlets including a Statement of Standards and Quality of Service. The total cost of producing, publishing and distributing such material in the 1994–95 financial year is about £9,500.CSL was launched as an executive agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) on 1 April 1992 and therefore no comparable figure is available for 1980, when CSL formed part of the Department.
Letter from T. W. A. Little to Mr. Roland Boyes, dated 13 March 1995:
The Minister has asked me to reply to your question about White Papers, Green Papers and Pamphlets issued by Agencies in 1994.CVL publishes a number of pamphlets aimed at assisting the marketing of its services. In 1994 the cost of production of these items was £8,900 including VAT. The material is distributed in a wide variety of ways including handing-out at conferences and exhibitions, mailed with other material or collected from CVL Reception. Costs of distribution are not therefore kept separately.CVL became an Agency in 1990 and so it is not possible to provide comparable costs with 1980 when CVL was part of the Department.
Letter from G. K. Bruce to Mr. Roland Boyes, dated 13 March 1995:
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has asked me to reply, in respect of the Pesticides Safety Directorate, to your question about expenditure on selected publications.The Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) has not produced any White papers or Green papers in 1994/95. It has produced two pamphlets; one setting out our customer service standards and one describing the work of the agency. The cost of producing these pamphlets was £1,655. Costs of other pamphlets with a wider Food Safety emphasis have been borne centrally and therefore covered in the return from MAFF.As PSD was established as an agency on 1 April 1993 comparable figures for 1980 are not available.
Letter from J. M. Rutter to Mr. Roland Boyes, dated 6 March 1995:
The Minister has asked me to reply to your question about the cost of the production, publication and distribution of certain publications by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), as this is an operational matter for which I am responsible.The Directorate was not established as a Next Steps Agency until 2 April 1990, nor does it issue any white papers or green papers. In 1994, the VMD issued the following pamphlets:Sheep Dipping— published jointly in May 1994 with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Department of the Environment. Production costs were met by the HSE, but the VMD paid for the distribution of copies to the 90,000 registered sheep farmers in the UK. The total cost of this distribution was £22,153.62.VMD Customer Service Statement£ published in July 1994. The total production and distribution costs for 7,000 copies was £3,453.13.Two further pamphlets were published in house during 1994 at no extra cost.AMELIA I— Provisional Marketing Authorisations.(A guidance note on new authorisation arrangements for veterinary medicines published in September 1994).Veterinary Medicinal Products (Dips, injectables, pour ems and sprays) available in the UK for use as ectoparasiticides in sheep—(Published in December 1994).505W
Letter from Guy Stapleton to Mr. Roland Boyes, dated 13 March 1995:
The Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food has asked me to reply to your question about publications issued by the Ministry and MAFF-related agencies, as the information for the Intervention Board is a matter within my operational responsibility.In 1994 HMSO published the Agency's Annual Report and Accounts 1993–94; the cost of copies for general sale was borne by HMSO, but the Intervention Board paid £12,500 for producing copies for the Agency's use. HMSO also published the Intervention Board's Annual Report for 1980 (Cmnd 8283). No expenditure was incurred by the Board.The Agency itself publishes a range of scheme and information leaflets. These are listed in our Annual Reports, which are available in the Library of the House. Printing costs in 1994 were £28,225. Figures for 1980 are not available in a comparable form.
Letter from Dr. J. M. Walsh to Mr. Roland Boyes, dated 13 March 1995:
I have been asked by the Minister of Agriculture to reply direct to you concerning the question you tabled on Thursday 2nd March. In this you asked for a list of all white papers, green papers and pamphlets issued by his Department, or agencies, in 1994, giving in each case, the total cost to the Exchequer of their production, publication and distribution. You also required the total equivalent cost in 1980.As an Agency, ADAS has not produced any white papers, green papers or equivalent pamphlets. ADAS was formed as an executive agency in 1992 so no comparison would be possible with the year 1980. ADAS continues to produce a number of leaflets in support of the marketing related to its commercial activity.