asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report, a revised table bringing up to date the information on annual expenditure under the common agricultural policy as given in his written answer dated 14 May 1986, Official Report, columns 481–82; and if he will provide estimates for 1986 and a forecast for 1987.
The information requested is set out in the following table:
CAP Expenditure 2
| Year on year increase in real terms
| CAP expenditure as a percentage of total EC expenditure
| United Kingdom receipts under the CAP 2
| ||
mecu
| £ million1
| per cent.
| per cent.
| £ million
| |
| 1973 | 3,085 | 1,912 | — | 82 | 63 |
| 1974 | 3,230 | 1,647 | -24 | 75 | 112 |
| 1975 | 4,708 | 2,637 | +27 | 78 | 347 |
| 1976 | 5,796 | 3,603 | +11 | 77 | 213 |
| 1977 | 7,123 | 4,657 | +12 | 74 | 174 |
| 1978 | 9,000 | 5,974 | +17 | 79 | 318 |
| 1979 | 10,880 | 7,064 | +11 | 76 | 384 |
| 1980 | 11,943 | 7,232 | -1 | 73 | 569 |
| 1981 | 11,581 | 6,449 | -12 | 65 | 666 |
| 1982 | 13,077 | 7,294 | +3 | 64 | 756 |
| 1983 | 16,637 | 9,759 | +18 | 68 | 1,085 |
| 1984 | 19,093 | 11,150 | +9 | 69 | 1,310 |
| 1985 | 20,549 | 12,084 | +2 | 73 | 1,187 |
| 1986 | 23,104 | 14,350 | +6 | 66 | 1,345 |
| 1987 | 24,152 | 15,468 | +1 | 67 | n/a |
Sources:
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| 1973–85 EC Court of Auditors reports, EC Commission EAGGF Financial Reports. | |||||
| 1986 Budget, MAFF estimates. | |||||
| 1987 Draft Budget. | |||||
| GDP deflators from EC Commission. | |||||
1 Conversion rate to sterling at the average rate for the EAGGF Guarantee section each year except 1986 and 1987, for which the budget rate has been used. | |||||
2 Figures in ecus for expenditure under the CAP funded outside the EAGGF are not available for the years 1973–77. Figures for the United Kingdom receipts of this expenditure are also not available for all years. However, in both cases the amounts are negligible. | |||||