§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which local authorities in England are serving British beef on their school menus. [106038]
§ Ms QuinThis information is not available centrally. However, the Minister wrote to all local authorities on 27 October 1999 encouraging them to serve British beef.
§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many local authorities(a) have and (b) have not lifted the ban on beef in school meals. [106864]
§ Ms QuinThis information is not available centrally. However, the Minister wrote to all local authorities on 27 October 1999 encouraging them to serve British beef. According to Meat and Livestock Commission figures
(a) 108 out of 150 local authorities in England do not have a ban on beef;
Table 2: Subsidy paymets to UK Farmers 1992–1997 £ million 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Arable Area Payments Scheme 0 653 816 1,087 1,116 1,114 Other crop subsidies (incl. set aside) 184 423 240 224 182 109 Beef Special Premium 45 159 193 232 295 271 Suckler Cow Premium 99 144 178 228 286 374 Sheep Annual Premium 437 433 391 481 329 300 Other Livestock subsidies 6 11 7 7 626 432 Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances 154 130 111 108 166 109 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 13 21 22 33 38 46 Other agri-environmental schemes 10 16 34 46 49 59 Other subsidies1 10 8 8 8 9 9 Total2 957 1,998 2,002 2,456 3,095 2,820 1 Includes CAP, non-CAP and national payments. 2 Excludes levies. Notes:
1. Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
2. Agriculture in the United Kingdom. 202W
(b) 42 out of 150 local authorities in England are continuing with some form of beef ban on school meals. Of these 22 have a total ban and 20 have primary school bans only.