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Written question asked by Baroness Byford (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 June 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 June 2019. It was answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 June 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Dairy Products

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many dairy producers in England and Wales were registered with the Food Standards Agency in (1) 2014, (2) 2015, (3) 2016, (4) 2017, (5) 2018, and (6) 2019.

Answer

As at 1 April for each of the specified years, the number of milk production holdings registered by the Food Standards Agency is shown in the following table.

Date

Number of Registered Milk Production Holdings

1 April 2014

10,362

1 April 2015

9,866

1 April 2016

9,585

1 April 2017

9,444

1 April 2018

9,356

1 April 2019

8,889


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL16083
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Dairy products Food Standards Agency Production Registration
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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