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Mr. Nicholas Bennett
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of expenditure in 1989–90 and 1990–91 by the Agriculture Departments on agricultural grants and subsidies excluding market regulation under the common agricultural policy.
Mr. Curry
Details are given in the following table of the outturn for 1989–90 and the latest forecast of outturn for 1990–91.
| £ million | ||
| 1989–90 (Actual outturn) | 1990–91 (Forecast outturn) | |
| Price guarantees | ||
| Potatoes | — | — |
| Wool | 2·9 | 22·0 |
| Assistance to the egg industry | 0·1 | — |
| TOTAL | 3·0 | 22·0 |
| Support for capital and other improvements | ||
| Farm and conservation grant scheme (EC) | 0·4 | 4·8 |
| Agriculture improvement scheme (EC) | 24·0 | 18·7 |
| Agriculture and horticulture development scheme | 15·1 | 12·3 |
| Farm structures | 0·3 | 0·2 |
| Agriculture and horticulture grant scheme | 0·1 | — |
| Agriculture improvement scheme (National) | 7·2 | 1·3 |
| Northern Ireland agricultural development programme | 2·6 | 4·3 |
| Farm woodland scheme | 0·3 | 1·3 |
| Farm and conservation grant scheme (National) | 11·5 | 31·6 |
| Guidance premiums | 0·3 | 0·1 |
| Farm accounts | 0·2 | 0·2 |
| Environmentally sensitive areas | 8·6 | 10·6 |
| TOTAL | 70·4 | 85·4 |
| £ million | ||
| 1989·90 (Actual outturn) | 1990·91 (Forecast outturn) | |
| Support for agriculture in special areas | ||
| Hill livestock compensatory allowances | 122·4 | 127·6 |
| Additional benefit under AHDS, NIADP, AHGS, AIS(EC), AIS (National), FCGS (EC) and FCGS (National) | 20·1 | 19·6 |
| Others | 8·1 | 7·0 |
| TOTAL | 150·6 | 154·2 |
| Other payments | ||
| Set-aside scheme | 9·8 | 21·6 |
| Milk outgoers scheme | 4·7 | 0·7 |
| Crofting building grants and loans (net) | 2·7 | 3·2 |
| Sheep compensation scheme 1986 | 0·4 | 0·3 |
| Storm damage recovery scheme 1987 | 0·1 | — |
| Cooperation grants | 1·2 | 1·7 |
| Farm diversification: | ||
| Capital grants | 2·3 | 4·2 |
| Marketing and feasibility grants | — | 0·4 |
| Pilot nitrate sensitive areas scheme | — | 0·3 |
| Other | 0·2 | 0·4 |
| TOTAL | 21·4 | 32·8 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 245·4 | 294·4 |