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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what milk yields were; what percentage milk represented of final agricultural product; and what average milk prices were, for each nation of the UK in each of the last 10 years. [79752] Mr. Morley: The available data are shown in the following tables: Table 1. UK estimated average milk yield by country Units: litres per cow _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 England & 5264 5275 5292 5515 5652 5841 5887 6046 6114 6509 Wales Scotland 5068 5177 5264 5518 5739 5671 5669 5390 5565 6240 Northern 4904 4958 5119 5346 5353 5503 5461 5650 5966 6273 Ireland United 5211 5235 5273 5497 5627 5788 5818 5942 6047 6453 Kingdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: Data are quoted in milk quota years which runs from April to March. Data for Wales are not available separately. Source: Defra Table 2. Milk as a percentage of UK agricultural production by country (a) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992 % 1993 % 1994 % 1995 % 1996 % 1997 % 1998 % 1999 % 2000 % 2001(p) % England na na na 13 14 14 13 13 12 14 Wales na na na 30 30 28 29 27 26 28 Scotland na na na 13 14 14 13 13 12 14 Northern na na na 28 28 28 29 30 30 33 Ireland United 21 23 23 20 19 19 18 18 18 21 Kingdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: (a) The value of milk production as a proportion of the value of final agricultural output (gross output less transactions within the agricultural industry) (p) provisional na not readily available Source: Defra Table 3. UK farm gate milk prices by country Units: p per litre _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001(p) Great na na na 24.9 25.1 22.3 19.4 18.3 16.8 19.4 Britain Northern 19.2 21.5 21.2 25.4 24.0 20.6 19.3 18.5 18.0 18.5 Ireland United 21.0 22.0 22.4 24.9 25.0 22.1 19.4 18.4 16.9 19.3 Kingdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: Prices are quoted after deduction of marketing expenses (transport costs) but not superlevy, and includes bonuses. Data for England, Wales and Scotland are not available separately. (p) provisional na not available Source: DARD, NI; Defra

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

79752; 392 c568-70W;392 c581W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Agriculture Dairy farming Dairy products Economic regions Prices Milk

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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