asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the average yield per acre of the United Kingdom ware potato crop, and the average acreage contracted for per farmer, in each of the last three years.

The yield for the ware potato crop as such is not known, but the average United Kingdom yields of all potatoes in 1963, 1964 and 1965 were 8·6, 8·9 and 10·1 tons per acre respectively. This last figure is provisional. Potatoes are not usually grown under contract, but the average acreages planted per farmer registered with the Potato Marketing Board in Great Britain were 9·8, 10·9 and 11·2 in 1963, 1964 and 1965 respectively.