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Mr. Hayes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the percentage of food consumed in the United Kingdom that was sourced in the United Kingdom in the last five years, broken down by sector. [128247]
Mr. Bradshaw
The following table shows the level of UK self-sufficiency in specified commodities for each of the last five years (1998–2002).
| Production as percentage of total new supply for use in UK | |||||
| Commodity | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| Total Cereals | 115 | 109 | 113 | 97 | 99 |
| Oilseed rape | 97 | 97 | 83 | 66 | 86 |
| Sugar | 72 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 63 |
| Potatoes | 88 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 87 |
| Vegetables | 71 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 66 |
| Fruit | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Beef and veal (home fed) | 83 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 72 |
| Mutton and lamb (home fed) | 101 | 104 | 100 | 78 | 84 |
| Pork (Home fed) | 112 | 100 | 92 | 73 | 76 |
| Poultrymeat | 93 | 90 | 89 | 91 | 91 |
| Processed Liquid Milk1 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Butter | 78 | 71 | 64 | 63 | 69 |
| Cheese | 64 | 63 | 63 | 66 | 68 |
| Cream | 151 | 146 | 137 | 134 | 148 |
| Hen eggs | 97 | 93 | 91 | 88 | 87 |
| 1 Processed liquid milk is the product following separation and treatment suitable for the drinking milk market. | |||||
Note:
2002 data are provisional and subject to amendment.
Source:
Agriculture in the United Kingdom 2002—Data prepared by Statistics (Commodities and Food) Accounts and Trade, ESD, DEFRA.