Energy Conservation (Hansard, 23 June 2003)

§ Mr. Bradshaw

Under Section 3 (4) of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (HECA) the Secretary of State is required from time to time to prepare a report on the progress made by English energy conservation authorities in implementing the measures set out in the reports they are required to prepare under Section 2 of the Act. A report on the improvements reported by authorities for the period 1 April 2001–31 March 2002 was published on 1 April 2003 and copies were made

Table 1
£
	Value	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2002(p)	Indication of further processing
Cherries¹	Farmgate²	³—	³—	0.77	1.22	1.84	2.57	2.25
	Retail	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
Tomatoes¹	Farmgate²	0.29	0.49	0.49	0.70	0.60	0.75	0.82
	Retail⁴	³—	0.99	1.06	1.43	1.15	1.50	1.40	Packing and grading off farm
Cucumbers¹	Farmgate²	³—	³—	0.38	0.55	0.77	0.54	³—
	Retail	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
Cheese¹	Farmgate	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
	Retail^4,5	1.01	2.09	2.73	3.31	4.56	5.05	5.24
Strawberries¹	Farmgate²	³—	³—	1.15	1.36	1.58	2.25	2.65
	Retail	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
Raspberries¹	Farmgate²	³—	³—	0.72	0.84	2.56	2.73	4.16
	Retail	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
Blackcurrants¹	Farmgate²	³—	³—	0.38	0.73	1.64	1.11	0.80
	Retail	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
Butter¹	Farmgate	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
	Retail^4,6	³—	1.89	2.27	2.48	3.12	3.28	3.08
Chicken¹	Farmgate²	³—	³—	0.90	0.87	0.84	0.71	0.68
	Retail^4,7	³—	1.47	1.77	2.16	2.03	2.23	2.24	Slaughtered
Potatoes^1,8	Farmgate²	³—	³—	0.07	0.08	0.16	0.13	0.11
	Retail⁴	³—	0.26	0.42	0.40	0.60	0.70	0.87	Packing and grading off farm
Eggs^9,10	Farmgate²	³—	0.44	0.48	0.54	0.53	0.53	0.56
Size 2¹⁰	Retail⁴	0.43	0.72	0.99	1.21	1.38	1.68	1.72	Packing and grading off farm

¹£/kg

² Source: Defra

536W

available in the House Libraries. Under Section 3 (2) of HECA authorities are required to publish their progress reports.