What the average rise in the price per kilo has been of (a) beef, (b) pork, (c) ham, (d) bacon and (e) lamb since the foot-and-mouth diseas…

Answered Asked by Tommy Sheridan SSP Lodged 23 Apr 2001

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average rise in the price per kilo has been of (a) beef, (b) pork, (c) ham, (d) bacon and (e) lamb since the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak began.

The answer

Answered by Ross Finnie on 8 May 2001 · 15 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table provides the average retail meat prices as published by the Meat and Livestock Commission. The averages cover all cuts of meat, for example, beef includes a number of cuts from fillet steak to mince.Average Retail Prices (pence per kg)Week ending | Beef (Scotland) | Lamb (Scotland) | Pork (Scotland) | Bacon (G.B.)
3/3/01 | 912 | 835 | 469 | 112
10/3/01 | 917 | 860 | 499 | NA
17/3/01 | 918 | 866 | 503 | NA
24/3/01 | 916 | 850 | 502 | 126
31/3/01 | 913 | 861 | 502 | 126
7/4/01 | 913 | 857 | 506 | 123
14/4//01 | 915 | 857 | 508 | 119
21/4/01 | 915 | 838 | 503 | 119

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