HC Deb 14 November 2001 vol 374 cc819-20W
Mr. Stunell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of

United Kingdom beef consumption
Unit1
Year Total available

for UK consumption

Of which:

imports2

As a percentage of

total consumption

Of which: UK

produced beef

As percentage of

total consumption

1991 995 204 20 791 80
1992 993 206 21 788 79
1993 921 209 23 712 77
1994 969 190 20 778 80
1995 903 212 24 691 76
1996 732 169 23 563 77
1997 857 217 25 640 75
1998 858 152 18 706 82
1999 934 183 20 751 80
20003 915 197 21 718 79
1 Thousand tonnes carcase weight equivalent
2 Assumes all imports are consumed in the UK and all imports during a particular year are consumed in that year
3 Provisional data

Source:

Prepared by: Statistics (Commodities and Food) Division, Economics and Statistics Directorate, DEFRA

the total UK volume of radioactive wastes has been produced by the nuclear power sector in the last five years. [13289]

Mr. Meacher

[holding answer 8 November 2001]: Approximately 93 per cent. of the total volume of radioactive wastes produced in the last five years has arisen from the nuclear power sector and its associated research and development activities.

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