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 1981–82 | Latest forecast of outturn 1982–83 | |
£ million | £ million | |
Price Guarantees | ||
Wool | 7·5 | 7·7 |
Potatoes | 9·6 | 1·5 |
17·1 | 9·2 | |
Production Grants and Subsidies | ||
Guidance Premiums for Beef and Sheepmeat | 6·5 | 5·1 |
Support for Capital and other investments | ||
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Scheme | 85·7 | 81·8 |
Outturn 1981–82 | Latest forecast of outturn 1982–83 | |
£ million | £ million | |
Farm accounts | 2·3 | 2·2 |
Farm structure | 0·6 | 0·6 |
Northern Ireland Agricultural Development Programme | — | 16·6 |
Agriculture and Horticulture Grant Scheme | 76·5 | 80·4 |
Co-operation grants | 2·1 | 3·0 |
Others | 0·2 | 0·7 |
167·4 | 185·3 | |
Support for agriculture in special areas | ||
Hill livestock compensatory allowances | 84·5 | 93·1 |
Additional benefit to farmers in special areas under AHDS, NIADP and AHGS | 16·6 | 32·1 |
Others | 1·7 | 2·1 |
102·8 | 127·3 | |
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 1981–82 | Latest Forecast of Outturn 1982–83 | |
(£ million) | ||
(i) Expeniture by the Intervention Board for agricultural produce | ||
Cereals | 242·7 | 373·8 |
Beef and Veal | 41·8 | 52·1 |
Pigmeat | -33·0 | -54·4 |
Sugar | 35·6 | 47·6 |
Processed Products | 16·7 | 26·4 |
Milk Products | 168·8 | 321·5 |
Oil Seeds | 51·2 | 80·3 |
Sheepmeat | 72·2 | 78·2 |
Others | 16·4 | 21·2 |
612·4 | 946·7 | |
(ii) Expenditure by the Agricultural Departments | ||
Milk Non-Marketing Premiums | 21·2 | 16·7 |
Suckler Cow Premium Scheme | 16·9 | 16·8 |
Annual Premium on Ewes | 28·1 | 26·0 |
66·2 | 59·5 | |
Grand Total | 678·6 | 1006·2 |