Milk: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average price per litre paid to (a) farmers, (b) purchasers and (c) supermarkets for milk was in each year since 1997. (291926)

The following tables show annual UK farmgate and retail milk prices. No information is available on prices paid at all other points in the supply chain.

The farmgate price is calculated from monthly surveys of milk purchasers conducted in England and Wales by DEFRA, in Scotland by RERAD and in Northern Ireland by DARD. The farmgate price is the average price received by producers, net of delivery charges. No deduction has been made for superlevy.

*UK farmgate milk price*
	Units ( pence per litre)
1997	22
1998	19
1999	18
2000	17
2001	19
2002	17
2003	18
2004	18
2005	18
2006	18
2007	21
2008	26
Source: DEFRA

Average retail prices are published monthly by the ONS.

*UK annual average retail price of whole milk*
	Units (pence per litre)
1997	62
1998	60
1999	60
2000	60
2001	65
2002	63
2003	64
2004	62
2005	61
2006	61
2007	65
2008	74
Source: ONS

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009