Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 21 June 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average retail price was of (a) apples, (b) beef, (c) cabbages, (d) carrots, (e) chicken, (f) eggs, (g) lamb, (h) onions, (i) pork, (j) potatoes, (k) tomatoes, (l) wheat and (m) milk in each year since 1995.
The retail prices from 1995 up to 2006 for the listed commodities are shown in the following table:
Commodity | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
Apples - cooking | p per kg | 91 | 111 | 120 | 127 | 104 | 107 | 118 | 117 | 148 | 150 | 144 | 144 |
Apples - dessert | p per kg | 100 | 112 | 112 | 105 | 103 | 108 | 116 | 121 | 127 | 125 | 118 | 122 |
Beef — home-killed topside | p per kg | — | 543 | 628 | 610 | 637 | 625 | 641 | 660 | 660 | 688 | 663 | 721 |
Cabbage hearts | p per kg | 70 | 77 | 66 | 66 | 58 | 55 | 67 | 66 | 61 | 60 | 57 | 56 |
Carrots | p per kg | 54 | 56 | 47 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 61 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 64 | 65 |
Chicken—fresh/chille | p per kg | — | 182 | 236 | 226 | 220 | 223 | 227 | 224 | 228 | 232 | 230 | 224 |
Eggs - size 2 (65-70g) | p per dozen | 138 | 158 | 159 | 152 | 161 | 168 | 172 | 172 | 168 | 169 | 171 | 181 |
Eggs -size 4 (55-60g) | p per dozen | 119 | 136 | 138 | 131 | 138 | 138 | 152 | 152 | 154 | 155 | 155 | 165 |
Lamb—home-killed shoulder inc bone | p per kg | — | 343 | 371 | 317 | 323 | 340 | 354 | 379 | 426 | 424 | 402 | 423 |
Lamb—home-killed loin (with bone) | p per kg | — | 757 | 864 | 792 | 835 | 855 | 893 | 971 | 1010 | 1025 | 986 | 1069 |
Onions | p per kg | 76 | 59 | 56 | 65 | 52 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 62 | 62 | 66 | 61 |
Pork—home-killed loin (with bone) | p per kg | — | 439 | 496 | 436 | 422 | 446 | 455 | 479 | 481 | 506 | 502 | 518 |
Pork—home-killed boneless shoulder | p per kg | — | — | 341 | 286 | 280 | 307 | 336 | 336 | 333 | 341 | 328 | 334 |
Potatoes - old white | p per kg | 37 | 30 | 35 | 52 | 42 | 32 | 63 | 57 | 52 | 60 | 45 | 48 |
Potatoes - new loose | p per kg | 60 | 56 | 54 | 77 | 71 | 70 | 87 | 87 | 89 | 96 | 84 | 80 |
Tomatoes | p per kg | 114 | 129 | 117 | 123 | 124 | 150 | 125 | 140 | 149 | 129 | 142 | 132 |
Flour - self raising | p per kg | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 45 | 43 | 44 |
Milk - Pasteurised | p per litre | 64 | 63 | 62 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 61 |
Source: Office of National Statistics, consumer price indices, RPI average retail price of selected items |
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