HC Deb 17 May 2000 vol 350 cc175-6W
Miss McIntosh

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK pig slaughterings per week over the last two years; and what are his projections for next year. [121763]

Ms Quin

The table gives UK weekly clean pig slaughterings for the past two years. Estimates of slaughterings for future years are not prepared on a weekly basis, but a Eurostat estimate of UK slaughterings for the year 2000 as a whole amount to 13.5 million heads.

UK weekly clean pig slaughterings
Unit: thousand head
1998 1999 2000 2000 weeks
254.9 307.1 246.3 8 January 2000
321.1 313.0 276.1 15 January 2000
320.9 313.5 271.3 22 January 2000
315.1 315.7 268.6 29 January 2000
310.0 297.3 265.8 5 February 2000
304.6 304.1 260.9 12 February 2000
305.8 295.9 256.7 19 February 2000
304.4 285.0 250.1 26 February 2000
305.7 286.2 259.0 4 March 2000
305.9 285.4 250.7 11 March 2000
302.2 277.3 242.7 18 March 2000
295.1 282.7 250.9 25 March 2000
295.0 251.0 250.4 1 April 2000
300.1 252.0 238.6 8 April 2000
265.2 279.7 244.8 15 April 2000
248.5 267.5 218.7 22 April 2000
301.7 270.0 — 29 April 2000
300.7 245.9 — 6 May 2000

UK weekly clean pig slaughterings
Unit: thousand head
1998 1999 2000 2000 weeks
259.2 279.0 — 13 May 2000
299.6 269.4 — 20 May 2000
301.8 269.3 — 27 May 2000
262.7 243.8 — 3 June 2000
302.1 269.3 — 10 June 2000
301.6 265.6 — 17 June 2000
299.7 272.8 — 24 June 2000
288.2 272.5 — 1 July 2000
296.6 274.6 — 8 July 2000
292.2 266.5 — 15 July 2000
279.8 273.3 — 22 July 2000
293.3 268.0 — 29 July 2000
297.2 264.5 — 5 August 2000
297.1 273.7 — 12 August 2000
299.8 270.2 — 19 August 2000
308.0 269.6 — 26 August 2000
308.5 246.5 — 2 September 2000
267.8 278.3 — 9 September 2000
318.9 275.5 — 16 September 2000
315.6 275.6 — 23 September 2000
317.3 278.5 — 30 September 2000
324.1 274.1 — 7 October 2000
316.3 280.9 — 14 October 2000
321.3 276.1 — 21 October 2000
317.1 280.3 — 28 October 2000
322.0 285.1 — 4 November 2000
320.8 286.9 — 11 November 2000
324.4 290.6 — 18 November 2000
322.3 295.6 — 25 November 2000
325.0 298.9 — 2 December 2000
331.3 310.3 — 9 December 2000
335.7 322.0 — 16 December 2000
360.3 242.8 — 23 December 2000
194.2 120.2 — 30 December 2000
192.9 — — —

Miss McIntosh

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he will take, with regard to the recently announced aid package for United Kingdom pig farmers, to ensure that the complexity of meeting the scheme's requirements does not deter the industry from accessing the funds available. [121767]

Ms Quin

The Pig Industry Restructuring Scheme is being developed in close consultation with the National Pig Association and the Meat and Livestock Commission to ensure as far as is possible that the scheme is relevant to the needs of pig producers. Clearly the scheme must also remain within UK and EU law and meet any financial propriety concerns.