Milk: Prices

Tim Farron
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.

Jim Fitzpatrick
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.

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|            |Units ( pence per litre)|
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|1997        |22                      |
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|1998        |19                      |
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|1999        |18                      |
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|2000        |17                      |
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|2001        |19                      |
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|2002        |17                      |
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|2003        |18                      |
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|2004        |18                      |
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|2005        |18                      |
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|2006        |18                      |
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|2007        |21                      |
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|2008        |26                      |
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|Source:DEFRA|                        |
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Average retail prices are published monthly by the ONS.

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|          |Units (pence per litre)|
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|1997      |62                     |
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|1998      |60                     |
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|1999      |60                     |
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|2000      |60                     |
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|2001      |65                     |
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|2002      |63                     |
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|2003      |64                     |
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|2004      |62                     |
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|2005      |61                     |
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|2006      |61                     |
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|2007      |65                     |
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|2008      |74                     |
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|Source:ONS|                       |
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