§ Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of the subsidies on cereals, eggs,
Commodity 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 (Estimated) £million £million £million £million £million £million £million £million A. Subsidy payments in implementation of Agricultural Price Guarantees: Cereals: Wheat and rye … — — — 16.9 25.2 15.8 22.2 19.7 barley … … — — — 9.0 10.7 8.8 17.1 23.1 Oats and mixed corn — — — 0.1 — 1.4 11.9 9.8 Home produced eggs … — — — 22.8 19.3 40.3 46.7 33.8 Fatstock: Cattle … … — — — 3.5 0.4 36.1 34.1 12.5 Sheep … … — — — 7.5 5.2 8.4 11.7 11.7 pigs … … — — — 45.6 46.7 30.2 36.8 21.1 Milk (excluding school and welfare milk) … — — — 36.9 34.5 21.3 12.9 10.1 Wool … … — — — — — 0.2 1.5 6.4 Potatoes … … — — — — 0.7 1.2 8.3 6.9 — — — 142.3 142.7 163.7 203.2 155.1 B. Food subsidies incurred in trading by Ministry of Food in respect of home agricultural produce: Cereals (including imported animal feedingstuffs) … … 32.9 23.5 30.9 10.9 — — — — Eggs … … 25.0 23.2 18.2 — — — — — Meat other than pork 31.8 20.6 24.2 11.7 — — — — Pigs … … 44.1 38.1 50.3 13.0 — — — — Milk … … 52.2 36.3 46.0 — — — — — Potatoes … … 4.7 7.8 7.5 10.9 — — — — 190.7 149.5 177.1 46.5 — — — — NOTES:—
(1) For the years from 1951–52 to 1954–55 the subsidies are extracted from the Ministry of Food trading accounts and include administrative overhead expenses. Thereafter the subsidies represent actual cash expenditure in each year except for the inclusion of small trading losses on eggs and potatoes in implementation of the agricultural price guarantees.
(2) The food subsidies in B relate mainly to losses incurred by the Ministry of Food in buying from producers at guaranteed prices and selling on to reach consumers at controlled retail prices.
§ Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of the fertilisers subsidy and the lime subsidy for each of the financial years from 1951 to 1959. 194W milk, potatoes, wool, fatstock and pigs, respectively, for each of the years 195152, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, and 1958–59.
§ Mr. GodberThe following table gives the information requested:
§ Mr. GodberThe following are the amounts of the subsidies on fertilisers and lime in the United Kingdom for the periods stated borne on agricultural Votes.
195W
Financial year Grassland Fertilisers Subsidy General Fertilisers Subsidy Lime Subsidy £ million £ million £ million 1951–52 3.4 — 4.2 1952–53 0.5 11.7 4.7 1953–54 — 13.0 8.1 1954–55 — 12.5 5.8 1955–56 — 14.8 10.2 1956–57 — 19.7 9.3 1957–58 — 22.8 10.4 1958–59 estimated — 26.0 9.2