HC Deb 15 September 2003 vol 410 cc537-40W
Annabelle Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many jobs under the remit of her Department in(a) the core department and (b) executive agencies are in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, excluding Greater London, (iii) Greater London, (iv) Wales, (v) Northern Ireland and (vi) overseas, broken down by (A) whole-time equivalent jobs and (B) the percentage per individual department, body or organisation; if she will break down the figures in terms of responsibilities which apply to (1) England, (2) England and Wales and (3) the UK as a whole; and if she will list the non-departmental public bodies and independent statutory bodies for which information is not held centrally. [127308]

Alun Michael

The following table shows the number of permanent staff in Defra and its executive agencies that are located in the regions specified as at 1 April 2003.

  • Meat and Livestock Commission
  • Milk Development Council
  • National Forest Company
  • Regional Flood Defence Committee
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Sea Fish Industry Authority
  • UK Register of Organic Food Standards
  • Wine Standards Board
  • Advisory
  • Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment
  • Advisory Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment
  • Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances
  • Advisory Committee on Packaging
  • Advisory Committee on Pesticides
  • Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
  • Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committee
  • Air Quality Expert Group
  • Committee of Investigation for Great Britain
  • Committee on Agricultural Valuation
  • Committee on Products and Processes for use in Public Water Supply
    • 539W
  • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
  • Consumers Committee for Great Britain
  • Darwin Advisory Committee (the Darwin Initiative)
  • Expert Group on Cryptosporidium in Water Supplies
  • Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards
  • Farm Animal Welfare Council
  • Government-Industry Forum on non-food uses of crops
  • Hill Farming Advisory Committee
  • Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) Appeals Panel
  • Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB
  • Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council
  • Pesticide Residues Committee
  • Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee
  • Royal Commission on Environment Pollution
  • Science Advisory Council
  • Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC)
  • Sustainable Development Commission
  • Sustainable Development Education Panel
  • Veterinary Products Committee
  • Veterinary Residues Committee
  • Water Regulations Advisory Committee
  • Zoos Forum
  • Tribunals
  • Agricultural Land Tribunal
  • Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal
  • Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal
  • Commons Commissioners

Simplified procedure GIF values for certain perishable goods in pounds sterling per 100kg net

Effective period 29/08/2003 to 11/09/2003
SPV Code Description Value/

100kgs (£s)

 Value/pence

per pound
1.10 New potatoes 0.00 0
1.30 Onions (other than seed) 15.00 6.8
1.40 Garlic 75.25 34.14
1.50 Leeks 28.35 12.86
1.60 Cauliflowers 0.00 0.0
1.70 Brussels sprouts 0.00 0.0
1.80 White cabbages and red cabbages 36.21 16.42
1.90 Sprouting broccoli or calabrese (Brassica oleracea L. convar.botrytis (L) Alef. Var. italica 42.50 19.28
1.100 Chinese cabbage 37.55 17.03
1.110 Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce) 0.00 0.0
1.120 Endives 0.00 0.0
1.130 Carrots 12.56 5.70
1.140 Radishes 63.91 28.99
1.160 Peas (Pisum sativum) 222.41 100.88
1.170 Beans:
1.170.1 Beans (Vigna Spp. Phaseolus spp.) 65.88 29.88
1.170.2 Beans (Phaseolus ssp. Vulgaris var. Compressus Savi) 64.90 29.44
1.180 Broad beans 0.00 0.0
1.190 Globe artichokes 0.00 0.0
1.200 Asparagus
1.200.1 -green 174.04 78.94
1.200.2 -other 150.99 68.49
1.210 Aubergines (eggplants) 54.99 24.94
1.220 Ribbed celery (Apium graveolens L. var dulce (Mill) Pers.) 54.76 24.84
1.230 Chantarelles 503.43 228.35
1.240 Sweet peppers 73.05 33.14
1.250 Fennel 0.00 0.0
1.270 Sweet potatoes, whole, fresh (intended for human consumption) 66.01 29.94
2.10 Chestnuts (Castanea spp.), fresh 0.00 0.0
2.30 Pineapples, fresh 69.60 31.57
2.40 Avocados, fresh 116.74 52.95

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