Cereals

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the weight in tonnes was of the UK grain reserves in each of the last 12 quarters for which data are available. (153538)

The amounts of grain held in storage in the UK under Regulation (EC) No. 824/2000 and stored by the Rural Payments Agency as a result of market intervention measures under the common agricultural policy are set out in the following table:

Quarter ending	Grain Levels¹
2004
September	0
December	4,064
2005
March	8,994
June	16,022
September	15,422
December	17,440
2006
March	29,361
June	30,308
September	30,308
December	27,969
2007
March	28
June	0
¹Rounded to nearest tonne.

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007