HC Deb 18 January 2001 vol 361 cc346-7W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of farmland was farmed organically in each of the last five years(a) nationally and (b) in the region that includes the Lewes constituency; and what support his Department is giving to support an expansion of organic farming (i) nationally and (ii) in the region that includes the Lewes constituency. [145387]

Mr. Morley

[holding answer 16 January 2001]: The percentage of farmland farmed organically in each of the last five years in the UK is as follows:

Percentage
2000 2.77
1999 0.47
1998 0.32
1997 0.30
1996 0.28

Equivalent figures for the English regions are not readily available.

Species of primates Number of primates1 Origin Expiry date
1 Licence Rhesus Macaca Mulatta 12 Germany 5 March 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 6 March 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 6 March 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 6 March 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 27 May 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 27 May 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 27 May 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 27 May 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 27 May 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 27 May 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 27 May 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 27 May 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 27 May 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 100 Mauritius 27 May 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 60 Mauritius 10 June 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 60 Mauritius 10 June 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 60 Mauritius 10 June 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 60 Mauritius 10 June 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 60 Mauritius 10 June 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 2 China 24 April 2001
1 Licence Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis 60 China 1 May 2001
1 Licences for imports are often requested in round numbers. The numbers quoted do not imply the numbers which will actually be imported.