asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of the latest estimate he has made of the cost in 1977–78 of expenditure by his Department and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland under United Kingdom price guarantees and other grants and subsidies, together with comparable figures for the preceding year.

Following are the details of the latest estimates for the financial year 1977–78 together with the comparable figures for the outturn in the financial year 1976–77.