Henry Bellingham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2015-10-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much revenue has been raised by the Agriculture and Horticulture Board through levies collected from the sale of pigs in the last 10 years.

George Eustice

Levies are raised by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board on pigs slaughtered for human consumption within England. Approximately 81% of this levy is paid by the pig producer, with around 19% also paid by the pig slaughterer or live exporter.

Over the last 10 financial years ending 31 March 2015, £80 million in English pig levy has been collected. This is broken down as follows:

2014/15 £9.023m

2013/14 £8.735m

2012/13 £8.555m

2011/12 £8.235m

2010/11 £7.735m

2009/10 £7.564m

2008/09 £6.921m

2007/08 £7.986m

2006/07 £7.631m*

2005/06 £7.617m*

The figures are for gross levy before deduction of levy collection costs, and are sourced from Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Audited Annual Report & Accounts. The 2005/06 and 2006/07 figures are sourced from the Meat and Livestock Commission Annual Report and Accounts.