§
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),
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