HC Deb 05 February 1965 vol 705 cc338-40W
Lady Megan Lloyd George

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of the latest estimates he has made of the agricultural subsidies for the United kingdom for 1964–65; together with comparable figures for the previous year.

I. FARMING GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES
£ million
Latest estimate of outturn Actual outturn
1964–65 1963–64
1. General Fertilisers Subsidy 31.7 33.6
2. Lime Subsidy 9.4 8.0
3. Grants for Ploughing up Grassland 8.3 9.9
4. Grassland Renovation Grants 0.1
5. Field Drainage and Water Supply Grants 3.9 3.3
6. Grants for Improvement of Livestock Rearing Land 1.5 1.4
7. Winter Keep Grants 2.8
8. Marginal Production Assistance Grants 0.7
9. Bonus Payments under the Tuberculosis (Attested Herds) Scheme 1.5 3.2
10. Calf Subsidy 20.3 19.4
11. Hill Cattle and Hill Sheep 11.7 8.0
12. Silo Subsidies 0.3 0.3
13. Grants for Farm Improvements 11.4 10.2
14. Grants to Rabbit Clearance Societies 0.4 0.4
15. Grants to Small Farmers 4.8 5.6
16. Other Grants 0.1 0.1
Total I 108.2 104.1
II. IMPLEMENTATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRICE GUARANTEES
£ million
1964–65 1963–64
(1) Cereals:—
Wheat and Rye 15.9 30.3
Barley 37.5 36.8
Oats and mixed corn 9.9 10.0
63.3 77.1
(2) Fatstock:—
Cattle 12.7 40.8
Sheep 7.2 13.3
Pigs 31.4 26.5
51.3 80.6
(3) Eggs 33.2 20.2
(4) Wool 2.2 0.6
(5) Potatoes 0.6 0.4
Total II 150.6 178.9
III. OTHER SERVICES
Payment to the Exchequer of Northern Ireland 0.9 1.5
Totals I, II, III 259.7 284.5
IV. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Applicable to I and II only 10.0 9.4
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT 269.7 293.9

Details of the original estimates of the cost of agricultural support were included in Table VI of the Memorandum by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on the Estimates 1964–65 (Cmnd. 2290),

Mr. Peart

Following are particulars of the latest estimates of the cost of agricultural support in the United kingdom in the financial year 1964–65 for which provisions have been made in the Civil Estimates, Class V, Votes 3, 4, 5 and 6, with comparable figures for the outturn in the financial in the financial year 1963–64.