Food: Production

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the proportion of food consumed nationwide which was produced domestically in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. (291925)

The following table provides the answer to this question.

*Percentage of food produced in the UK which is consumed in the UK*
	Percentage
1997	58
1998	56
1999	57
2000	56
2001	56
2002	54
2003	53
2004	53
2005	50
2006	49
2007	50
2008	¹53
¹ Provisional. Note: This should not be confused with the measure of UK Self-Sufficiency in all Food, which in 2008 was 60 per cent. (provisional figure), since self sufficiency shows the percentage of all UK food production, including UK exports, as a percentage of consumption. Both measures are based on the value of unprocessed food.

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009