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Grants And Subsidies

Volume 33: debated on Tuesday 7 December 1982

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of the expenditure in 1981–82, together with the latest forecast for 1982–83, by his Department, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland and the Welsh Office on price guarantees and agricultural grants and subsidies, excluding the cost of market regulation under the common agricultural policy.

Details of the outturn for 1981–82 and the latest forecast of outturn for 1982–83 are as follows:

Outturn 1981–82Latest forecast of outturn 1982–83
£ million£ million
Price Guarantees
Wool7·57·7
Potatoes9·61·5
17·19·2
Production Grants and Subsidies
Guidance Premiums for Beef and Sheepmeat6·55·1
Support for Capital and other investments
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Scheme85·781·8
Outturn 1981–82Latest forecast of outturn 1982–83
£ million£ million
Farm accounts2·32·2
Farm structure0·60·6
Northern Ireland Agricultural Development Programme16·6
Agriculture and Horticulture Grant Scheme76·580·4
Co-operation grants2·13·0
Others0·20·7
167·4185·3
Support for agriculture in special areas
Hill livestock compensatory allowances84·593·1
Additional benefit to farmers in special areas under AHDS, NIADP and AHGS16·632·1
Others1·72·1
102·8127·3
Grand Total*293·8*326·9

* Some of this expenditure attracts contributions from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund. These are mainly received in the following year. For 1982–83 £40·7 million is expected to be received from the fund as compared with £43·8 million in 1981–82.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide details of the expenditure in 1981–82, together with the latest forecast for 1982–83, by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce and the Agricultural Departments on market regulation under the common agricultural policy.

Details of the outturn for 1981–82 and the latest forecast of outturn for 1982–83 are as follows:

Outturn 1981–82Latest Forecast of Outturn 1982–83
(£ million)
(i) Expeniture by the Intervention Board for agricultural produce
Cereals242·7373·8
Beef and Veal41·852·1
Pigmeat-33·0-54·4
Sugar35·647·6
Processed Products16·726·4
Milk Products168·8321·5
Oil Seeds51·280·3
Sheepmeat72·278·2
Others16·421·2
612·4946·7
(ii) Expenditure by the Agricultural Departments
Milk Non-Marketing Premiums21·216·7
Suckler Cow Premium Scheme16·916·8
Annual Premium on Ewes28·126·0
66·259·5
Grand Total678·61006·2
Expenditure includes the beef premium and sheepmeat variable premium schemes, the premium schemes for the non-marketing of milk and the conversion of dairy herds, suckler cow premium scheme, annual premium on ewes, refunds on imports and exports—net of levies—certain production subsidies, the butter and school milk subsidies, aids for private storage of certain commodities, and animal feed and the net cost of commodities bought into intervention and subsequently sold. It also takes account of certain receipts treated as negative expenditure, namely, monetary compensatory amounts levied on intra-Community trade, clawback of variable premiums on exports of sheep and sheepmeat and the co-responsibility levy on milk producers. Of the estimated outturn for 1982–83 £672·9 million is expected to be financed from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund, the balance being financed from Exchequer funds. In 1981–82, £698·6 million was financed from EAGGF. Some of the expenditure shown in the figures benefits consumers and trade interests rather than United Kingdom producers.