House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 7 Jan 2003 (pt 6)

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Milk Quotas

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effect of the European Court of Justice ruling relating to non-producing milk quotas on UK milk quota holders. [88146]

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Mr. Morley: The effect of the Thomsen European Court of Justice judgment is now clear in that it means non-producing quota holders will no longer be able to lease out their milk quota indefinitely, which will mean that they will have to sell it, resume production, or otherwise face its confiscation. We have been discussing with the European Commission how, and to what timescale, we take forward implementation of this new interpretation in the UK and will make an announcement on next steps as soon as possible.

Ministerial Engagements

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many engagements were undertaken outside London (a) by her or her predecessor and (b) by Ministers in her Department in January (i) 2000, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2002. [87356]

Margaret Beckett [holding answer 16 December 2002]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Cabinet Office on 16 December 2002, Official Report, column 608W.

Morecambe Coastal Protection Scheme

Geraldine Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the state of the Morecambe Coastal Protection Scheme. [87589]

Mr. Morley: Defra provides funding to local authorities for coast protection capital works that meet technical, economic and environmental criteria and achieve an appropriate priority score. However responsibility for deciding which projects to promote and their timing rests with the local authorities, in this case Lancaster city council.

I understand that the proposed works will have a significant effect on the Morecambe Bay special protection area and candidate special area of conservation. For such a scheme to proceed and in the absence of alternative options the council will be obliged to provide compensatory measures in accordance with the requirements of the Conservation (Natural Habitats etc) Regulations 1994 (as amended). I understand that the council are investigating options for compensatory measures as a matter of urgency, prior to submitting their application for funding to Defra.

Parrett Catchment Project

Mr. Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what

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provision is contained in the constitution of the Parrett Catchment Project to remove the Chairman if he does not meet targets. [87380]

Mr. Morley: The Parrett Catchment Project is an independent body, the Department has no role in such matters which are for the project board to determine.

Mr. Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what notification she has received from the Chairman of the Parrett Catchment Project of his plans to go overseas on business relating to the project in 2003. [87381]

Mr. Morley: The Parrett Catchment Project is an independent body, the Secretary of State has received no such notification of any visits and would not expect to do so.

Mr. Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many bodies similar to the Parrett Catchment Project have been set up in England and Wales. [88299]

Mr. Morley: The Parrett Catchment Project is a forum for stakeholders with an interest in flood management and related matters in the area. Various other stakeholders have been set up on either a long term or short term basis in response to flooding problems in other parts of the country. They have a variety of different structures and forms of organisation and it is likely that many have not made themselves known to the Department.

Pigmeat

Mr. Hurst: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of the United Kingdom retail pigmeat market was supplied from (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Denmark, (c) the Netherlands and (d) other countries in each year from 1990 to 2001. [87290]

Mr. Morley: Information on the proportions of the retail market for pigmeat in the United Kingdom which are supplied from the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands and elsewhere, is not available. However, information is available on the amounts of home production and supplies of pork, and of bacon and ham, in the United Kingdom. These are given in the tables.

No data is available on the uses to which the supplies of pork and of bacon and ham are subsequently put. These uses may be for retail as meat or for catering or for foodstuffs which require further processing, some of which may subsequently be exported.

More detailed production and supplies tables may be found on the DEFRA website at http://www.defra.gov.uk

Thousand tonnes product weight

Table 1 UK Supplies of Pork⁽⁴⁾

1990 1991 1992⁽⁵⁾ 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998⁽⁵⁾ 1999 2000 2001

Home production 762.4 804.6 810.4 812.8 836.4 791.3 801.2 887.6 931.2 831.2 724.5 610.1

Imported⁽⁶⁾ 81.0 75.2 90.6 113.6 115.8 168.7 199.6 177.4 190.3 234.8 273.8 261.2

Of which imported from:

Denmark 42.1 35.7 43.1 47.2 45.4 54.5 70.2 59.9 72.3 77.6 95.1 117.2

Netherlands 7.5 5.0 4.7 20.0 11.0 24.4 29.8 21.6 24.8 53.1 51.7 39.9

Others⁽⁷⁾ 31.4 34.5 42.7 46.4 59.5 79.3 99.5 95.8 93.2 104.0 127.0 104.1

Exported⁽⁶⁾^,⁽⁸⁾ 78.3 108.1 133.4 130.6 154.2 188.3 194.9 247.8 292.4 235.1 207.9 39.3

Total new supply⁽⁹⁾ 785.1 771.7 767.6 795.8 798.0 771.8 805.9 817.2 829.1 830.9 790.5 832.1

Estimates of proportion of total new supplies (percentage)

United Kingdom 100 104 106 102 105 103 99 109 112 100 92 73

Of which for the UK market⁽¹⁰⁾ 89 90 88 86 85 78 75 78 77 72 65 69

Denmark 6 5 8 6 6 7 9 7 9 9 12 14

Netherlands 1 1 1 3 1 3 4 3 3 6 7 5

Others 4 4 6 6 7 10 12 12 11 13 16 13

Table 1 UK Supplies of Pork⁽⁴⁾
	1990	1991	1992⁽⁵⁾	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998⁽⁵⁾	1999	2000	2001
Home production	762.4	804.6	810.4	812.8	836.4	791.3	801.2	887.6	931.2	831.2	724.5	610.1

Imported⁽⁶⁾	81.0	75.2	90.6	113.6	115.8	168.7	199.6	177.4	190.3	234.8	273.8	261.2
Of which imported from:
Denmark	42.1	35.7	43.1	47.2	45.4	54.5	70.2	59.9	72.3	77.6	95.1	117.2
Netherlands	7.5	5.0	4.7	20.0	11.0	24.4	29.8	21.6	24.8	53.1	51.7	39.9
Others⁽⁷⁾	31.4	34.5	42.7	46.4	59.5	79.3	99.5	95.8	93.2	104.0	127.0	104.1

Exported⁽⁶⁾^,⁽⁸⁾	78.3	108.1	133.4	130.6	154.2	188.3	194.9	247.8	292.4	235.1	207.9	39.3
Total new supply⁽⁹⁾	785.1	771.7	767.6	795.8	798.0	771.8	805.9	817.2	829.1	830.9	790.5	832.1

Estimates of proportion of total new supplies (percentage)
United Kingdom	100	104	106	102	105	103	99	109	112	100	92	73
Of which for the UK market⁽¹⁰⁾	89	90	88	86	85	78	75	78	77	72	65	69
Denmark	6	5	8	6	6	7	9	7	9	9	12	14
Netherlands	1	1	1	3	1	3	4	3	3	6	7	5
Others	4	4	6	6	7	10	12	12	11	13	16	13

⁽⁴⁾ Does not include meat offals or trade in preserved or manufactured meat products (eg. canned meat).

⁽⁵⁾ 1992 and 1998 home-fed production figures were collected on a 53-week (14 week 4th quarter) basis but have been adjusted to a 52-week year (13 week 4th Quarter) for comparability.

⁽⁶⁾ All trade figures include an estimate for unrecorded trade.

⁽⁷⁾ Includes meat from finished pigs imported live from the Republic of Ireland.

⁽⁸⁾ Includes estimated dressed carcase weight of live exports of pigs other than pure bred.

⁽⁹⁾ Home-cured production and imports, less exports and stock adjustment

⁽¹⁰⁾ Production minus exports as a percentage of total new supply. It has been assumed that exports are of UK produced pork although it is known that a small proportion of exports is imported that is cut and packed in the UK and then exported.

Note:

Figures have been rounded individually and totals will not necessarily agree with the addition of separate figures.

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Thousand tonnes product weight

Table 2 UK supplies of bacon and ham⁽¹¹⁾

1990 1991 1992⁽¹²⁾ 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998⁽¹²⁾ 1999 2000 2001

Home cured production 190.6 192.5 189.4 215.7 232.5 244.6 240.6 238.8 236.3 232.7 208.9 196.7

Imported⁽¹³⁾ 259.9 253.8 234.4 238.0 224.4 227.9 261.2 240.1 231.1 230.4 267.9 281.3

Of which imported from

Denmark 116.4 129.6 117.5 125.406 113.6 113.5 106.8 117.3 106.5 96.4 95.7 112.2

Netherlands 112.5 96.4 89.0 84.5 87.6 87.9 130.4 99.8 105.0 113.1 147.6 135.4

Others 31.0 27.8 27.9 28.1 23.2 26.5 24.0 22.9 19.7 20.9 24.6 33.8

Exported⁽¹³⁾ 5.0 4.9 5.6 3.2 5.5 5.2 5.3 8.0 8.4 6.2 9.2 7.3

Total New Supply⁽¹⁴⁾ 445.5 441.4 418.2 450.4 451.4 467.3 496.5 470.9 459.1 456.9 467.6 470.7

Estimates of proportions of total new supplies

United Kingdom 43 44 45 48 52 52 48 51 51 51 45 42

of which for the UK market⁽¹⁵⁾ 42 43 44 47 50 51 47 49 50 50 43 40

Denmark 26 29 28 28 25 24 22 25 23 21 20 24

Netherlands 25 22 21 19 19 19 26 21 23 25 32 29

Others 7 6 7 6 5 6 5 5 4 5 5 7

Table 2 UK supplies of bacon and ham⁽¹¹⁾
	1990	1991	1992⁽¹²⁾	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998⁽¹²⁾	1999	2000	2001
Home cured production	190.6	192.5	189.4	215.7	232.5	244.6	240.6	238.8	236.3	232.7	208.9	196.7

Imported⁽¹³⁾	259.9	253.8	234.4	238.0	224.4	227.9	261.2	240.1	231.1	230.4	267.9	281.3
Of which imported from
Denmark	116.4	129.6	117.5	125.406	113.6	113.5	106.8	117.3	106.5	96.4	95.7	112.2
Netherlands	112.5	96.4	89.0	84.5	87.6	87.9	130.4	99.8	105.0	113.1	147.6	135.4
Others	31.0	27.8	27.9	28.1	23.2	26.5	24.0	22.9	19.7	20.9	24.6	33.8

Exported⁽¹³⁾	5.0	4.9	5.6	3.2	5.5	5.2	5.3	8.0	8.4	6.2	9.2	7.3
Total New Supply⁽¹⁴⁾	445.5	441.4	418.2	450.4	451.4	467.3	496.5	470.9	459.1	456.9	467.6	470.7

Estimates of proportions of total new supplies
United Kingdom	43	44	45	48	52	52	48	51	51	51	45	42
of which for the UK market⁽¹⁵⁾	42	43	44	47	50	51	47	49	50	50	43	40
Denmark	26	29	28	28	25	24	22	25	23	21	20	24
Netherlands	25	22	21	19	19	19	26	21	23	25	32	29
Others	7	6	7	6	5	6	5	5	4	5	5	7

⁽¹¹⁾ Does not include meat offals or trade in preserved or manufactured meat products (eg. canned meat).

⁽¹²⁾ 1992 and 1998 home-fed production figures were collected on a 53-week (14 week 4th quarter) basis but have been adjusted to a 52-week year (13 week 4th quarter) for comparability.

⁽¹³⁾ All trade figures include an estimate for unrecorded trade.

⁽¹⁴⁾ Home-cured production and imports, less exports and stock adjustment.

⁽¹⁵⁾ Production minus exports as a percentage of total new supply. It has been assumed that exports are of UK produced bacon and ham although it is known that a small proportion of exports is imported that is cut and packed in the UK and then exported.

Notes:

Figures have been rounded individually and totals will not necessarily agree with the addition of separate figures.

Mr. Hurst: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of total United Kingdom pigmeat sales were sold through supermarkets in each year from 1990 to 2001. [87293]

Mr. Morley: The percentages of household expenditure through supermarkets in the United Kingdom on pigmeat since 1994–95 are shown in the table. The percentages are survey estimates and subject to sampling errors. Percentages before 1994–95 are not available. Percentages based on quantities of sales through supermarkets are not available.

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Percentage of household expenditure through supermarkets

Pork⁽¹⁶⁾ Bacon and ham⁽¹⁶⁾ Sausages⁽¹⁶⁾^,⁽¹⁷⁾

1994–95 62 70 65

1995–96 68 75 71

1996–97 67 77 73

1997–98 69 78 73

1998–99 73 80 74

1999–2000 66 77 72

2000–01 70 77 72

		Percentage of household expenditure through supermarkets
	Pork⁽¹⁶⁾	Bacon and ham⁽¹⁶⁾	Sausages⁽¹⁶⁾^,⁽¹⁷⁾
1994–95	62	70	65
1995–96	68	75	71
1996–97	67	77	73
1997–98	69	78	73
1998–99	73	80	74
1999–2000	66	77	72
2000–01	70	77	72

⁽¹⁶⁾ Uncooked

⁽¹⁷⁾ Includes all types of sausages

Source:

Family Expenditure Survey, Office for National Statistics

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