§ Dr. Jack CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the recovery of livestock farming in(a) Copeland and (b) Cumbria since January 2002; and if she will make a statement. [146503]
§ Alun Michael[holding answer 12 January 2004]: Other than the June annual Agricultural Census, which amongst other things records the number of animals present on holdings on the designated census day, no specific assessment has been made of the recovery of
UK raw milk production and utilisation Million litres Calendar years 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Supply and Use (a) Production 14,317 14,549 14,259 14,256 14,420 14,218 14,587 14,078 14,291 14,449 Imports 1— 1— 181 111 128 129 111 105 64 72 Exports 89 129 185 173 290 373 465 445 414 421 Total new supply 14.228 14,420 14,255 14,194 14,258 13,973 14,233 13,738 13,941 14,100 of which: For liquid consumption 6,806 (48%) 6,765 (47%) 6,922 (49%) 6,838 (48%) 6,748 (47%) 6,739 (48%) 6,853 (48%) 6,768 (49%) 6,761 (48%) 6,756 (48%) For manufacture 7,061 7,298 6,918 6,934 7,059 6,821 6,988 6,550 6,714 6,939 of which: Butter (b) 284 (2%) 292 (2%) 273 (2%) 266 (2%) 284 (2%) 281 (2%) 290 (2%) 270 (2%) 259 (2%) 279 (2%) Cheese 3,267 (23%) 3,248 (23%) 3,182 (22%) 3,348 (24%) 3,371 (24%) 3,257 (23%) 3,297 (23%) 3,032 (22%) 3,568 (26%) 3,449 (24%) Cream (b) 262 (2%) 277 (2%) 279 (2%) 276 (2%) 263 (2%) 263 (2%) 271 (2%) 266 (2%) 259 (2%) 260 (2%) Condensed milk (c) 731 (5%) 751 (5%) 661 (5%) 719 (5%) 692 (5%) 643 (5%) 603 (4%) 522 (4%) 536 (4%) 491 (3%) Milk powder—full cream 458 (3%) 531 (4%) 623 (4%) 558 (4%) 822 (6%) 809 (6%) 853 (6%) 932 (7%) 781 (6%) 825 (6%) Milk powder—skimmed 1,437 (10%) 1,567 (11%) 1,422 (70%) 1,322 (9%) 1,146 (8%) 1,101 (8%) 1,123 (8%) 889 (6%) 663 (5%) 973 (7%) Other 623 (4%) 632 (4%) 480 (3%) 445 (3%) 482 (3%) 467 (3%) 549 (4%) 640 (5%) 649 (5%) 663 (5%) Dairy wastage and stock change 1— 1— 113 (1%) 86 (1%) 112 (1%) 80 (1%) 56 (-) 91 (1%) 132 (1%) 98 (1%) Other uses (d) 1— 1— 301 (2%) 336 (2%) 338 (2%) 333 (2%) 338 (2%) 329 (2%) 334 (2%) 307 (2%) 1Equals less than 0.5 per cent. Note:
Aggregated data from surveys run by Defra, SEERAD and DAR DNI on the utilisation of milk by dairies.
Includes the utilisation of the residual fat of low fat liquid milk production.
Includes condensed milk used in the production of chocolate crumb and in the production of machine skimmed milk.
Includes farmhouse consumption, milk fed to stock and on farm waste. Excludes suckled milk.
1016Wlivestock farming in Copeland and Cumbria since January 2002. However, data from the Agricultural Census of June 20021 shows that in Cumbria there has been an increase in livestock numbers compared with June 2001, while in Copeland the position remained broadly similar. The details are as follows:
Recovery of livestock farming in Copeland and Cumbria since January 2002 Copeland Cumbria Cattle and Calves 2000 42,217 510,446 2001 40,502 281,490 2002 39,938 426,484 Sheep and Lambs 2000 251,408 2,633,973 2001 221,293 1,499,064 2002 219,897 1,801,789 Pigs 2000 — 54,441 2001 — 10,119 2002 — 23,555 Note:
Pig data in Copeland have been omitted to prevent the disclosure of information relating to individual holdings.
1June 2003 data is expected to be published in March.