Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value to the economy of venison production and sales in each of the last three years; and what steps he is taking to increase production and sale of venison.
George Eustice
The available data on the UK deer farming industry in each of the last three years is shown in the table below :-
|
UK Farmed Deer Industry |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
Value of output of deer (£ million) |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
|
Volume of venison produced (tonnes) |
2,400 |
2,400 |
2,500 |
|
Farmed deer populations (thousand head) |
33 |
31 |
32 |
Defra co-funded a research project in partnership with industry to determine the effects of packaging and slaughter conditions on venison meat quality, and gain an improved understanding of consumer perceptions of venison to help focus future venison marketing campaigns. More information can be found here:
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