Written question asked by Baroness Byford (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 February 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 March 2016. It was answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative) on Monday, 7 March 2016 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of cheese, butter and yoghurt consumed in the UK came from UK-produced milk in each of the past five years.

Answer

The table below shows the UK production as a percentage of supply for butter and cheese in each of the last five years. This calculation is based upon the volume of supplies (UK production plus imports minus the volume of exports). We do not hold equivalent data for yoghurt. Annual data is not yet available for 2015.

UK production and supply of butter
Year	UK production (a) 000t	Imports 000t	Exports 000t	UK production as a percentage of supplies
2010	120	102	27	62%
2011	130	100	36	67%
2012	145	104	38	69%
2013	145	106	45	70%
2014	141	95	51	76%
(a)Includes wholesale and farm production of butter including butter other than natural (i.e. butterfat and oil, dehydrated butter and ghee), production from the residual of low fat milk products.
UK production and supply of cheese
Year	UK production (a) 000t	Imports 000t	Exports 000t	UK production as a percentage of supplies
2010	376	436	113	54%
2011	395	414	124	58%
2012	397	444	126	55%
2013	388	468	125	53%
2014	416	469	134	55%

(a) Includes wholesale and farm production.

Source: Defra and HMRC

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL6411
Session: 2015-16
Subjects: Milk Cheese Yoghurt Butter
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

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