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Written question asked by Gavin Strang (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 June 2009. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Friday, 12 June 2009 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dairy Products

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what volume of (a) liquid milk, (b) butter and (c) cheese was (i) produced in and (ii) consumed in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

[holding answer 9 June 2009]: The volume of drinking milk, butter and cheese produced in the UK and the volume available for consumption in the UK is shown in the following table.

Liquid drinking milk Butter Cheese
Production (million litres) Available for consumption (million litres) Production (thousand tonnes) Available for consumption (thousand tonnes) Production (thousand tonnes) Available for consumption (thousand tonnes)
1998 6,768 6,800 137 177 367 569
1999 6,889 6,820 141 192 370 586
2000 6,793 6,759 132 201 341 538
2001 6,748 6,775 126 200 395 601
2002 6,825 6,806 136 209 371 574
2003 6,753 6,597 131 207 351 577
2004 6,693 6,497 122 208 359 600
2005 6,652 6,213 130 219 391 648
2006 6,736 6,309 117 226 400 674
2007 6,724 6,388 120 195 378 684
2008 6,722 6,468 113 171 378 697
Source:
Agriculture in the United Kingdom 2008, DEFRA.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
493 c1056-8W; 277296
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Dairy products
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk