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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

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Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much (a) UK-produced and (b) EU-produced (i) skimmed milk powder, (ii) butterfat powder, (iii) wheat and (iv) beef was (A) bought into intervention and (B) sold out of intervention (1) within the EU and (2) outside the EU for each year since 1992. [214581] Alun Michael: Details of the quantities of products purchased into, and sold out of, intervention in the UK between 1 October 1995 and 30 September 2004 are set out in the following tables. The Rural Payments Agency does not have sufficient information readily available: on quantities purchased or sold prior to 1 October 1995; to distinguish between the quantities of goods produced in the UK and the EU; or to distinguish between EU and non EU sales. No provision has ever been made to support butterfat powder under the intervention arrangements. Intervention purchases and removals skimmed milk powder _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Tonnes Date Purchases Removals 1 October 1995 to 30 September 28,430.000 680.000 1995 1 October 1996 to 30 September 20,716.000 1,840.000 1997 1 October 1997 to 30 September 33,100.000 2,354.000 1998 1 October 1998 to 30 September 17,256.000 19,011.825 1999 1 October 1999 to 30 September 0.000 75,570.750 2000 1 October 2000 to 30 September 0.000 3,325.000 2001 1 October 2001 to 30 September 25,639.000 1,245.025 2002 1 October 2002 30 September 30,729.000 7,882.425 2003 1 October 2003 to 30 September 1,816.000 8,554.925 2004 Total 157,686.000 120,463.950 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Beef _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Tonnes Date Purchases Removals 1 October 1995 to 30 September 27,631.444 3,557.893 1995 1 October 1996 to 30 September 69,005.861 10,170.119 1997 1 October 1997 to 30 September 11,934.175 11,031.841 1998 1 October 1998 to 30 September 1,266.677 57,779.765 1999 1 October 1999 to 30 September 0.000 36,153.676 2000 1 October 2000 to 30 September 0.000 13.461 2001 1 October 2001 to 30 September 0.000 0.000 2002 1 October 2002 30 September 0.000 0.000 2003 1 October 2003 to 30 September 0.000 0.000 2004 Total 109,838.157 118,706.755 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Wheat _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Tonnes Date Purchases Removals 1 October 1995 to 30 September 0.000 0.000 1995 1 October 1996 to 30 September 0.000 0.000 1997 1 October 1997 to 30 September 2,066.840 0.000 1998 1 October 1998 to 30 September 40,700.920 25,346.080 1999 1 October 1999 to 30 September 0.000 17,119.160 2000 1 October 2000 to 30 September 0.000 0.000 2001 1 October 2001 to 30 September 404.200 0.000 2002 1 October 2002 30 September 994.320 994.320 2003 1 October 2003 to 30 September 0.000 707.340 2004 Total 44,166.280 44,166.900 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

430 c1665-6W; 214581

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Agriculture Dairy products Prices Subsidies Rural Payments Agency Common agricultural policy Intervention prices

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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