§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many holders of milk quota were not using that quota for their own production in(a) 1998–99, (b) 1997–98 and (c) 1996–97. [62191]
§ Mr. RookerAccording to the quota register maintained by the Intervention Board Executive Agency, in 1996–97 4,685 quota holders out of a total of 38,185 milk quota holders leased out all their milk quota rather than producing against it. Similarly in 1997–98, 5,284 out of 37,087 quota holders leased out all their quota. There are no figures available, as yet, for the 1998–99 quota year.