AGRICULTURE
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual increase in total factor productivity in the agriculture sector was in each year since 1995.
George Eustace, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for farming, food and marine environment: The table below shows the change in total factor productivity for UK agriculture each year from 1995 to 2013. Over this 18 year period total factor productivity in the UK increased by 15.8%. The effects of the poor weather in 2012 also impacted on the 2013 level of total factor productivity, as autumn planting for wheat and oilseed rape were down and the lack of forage crops produced in 2012 led to increased volumes of animal feed used in 2013. The estimate for 2014 is due to be published at the end of April 2015.
|
Year |
Total factor productivity index (1995=100) |
Change from previous year |
|
1995 |
100.0 |
|
|
1996 |
98.8 |
-1.2% |
|
1997 |
100.3 |
1.5% |
|
1998 |
102.9 |
2.6% |
|
1999 |
107.5 |
4.5% |
|
2000 |
110.2 |
2.5% |
|
2001 |
108.1 |
-1.9% |
|
2002 |
114.7 |
6.1% |
|
2003 |
115.1 |
0.3% |
|
2004 |
115.4 |
0.3% |
|
2005 |
119.3 |
3.4% |
|
2006 |
118.2 |
-0.9% |
|
2007 |
116.1 |
-1.8% |
|
2008 |
120.6 |
3.9% |
|
2009 |
117.4 |
-2.7% |
|
2010 |
117.1 |
-0.2% |
|
2011 |
120.6 |
3.0% |
|
2012 |
116.1 |
-3.8% |
|
2013 |
115.8 |
-0.2% |
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