§ Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smithasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of the latest estimate he has made of the cost of agricultural support in the United Kingdom for 1970–71, together with comparable figures for the preceding year.
§ Mr. PriorFollowing are the details of the latest estimates of the cost of agricultural support in the United Kingdom in the financial year 1970–71 in the form adopted in Appendix V of the 1970 Annual Review White Paper (Cmnd. 4321) together with comparable figures for the outturn in the financial year 1969–70.
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Latest Estimate of Outturn 1970–71 Actual Outturn 1969–70 £ million III OTHER GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES Field drainage (tiling) … 6.0 5.0 Water supply … 0.5 0.5 Livestock rearing land … 0.5 0.5 Hill land … 2.2 1.5 Farm Capital Grants … 0.3 — Farm improvements … 16.0 15.1 Farm structure … 1.3 0.9 Investment incentives … 14.5 11.5 Crofting improvements … 0.3 0.3 Other … 0.3 0.1 TOTAL III … 41.9 35.4 TOTALS I, II and III 251.6 262.7 Administrative expenses estimate 14.0 12.7 265.6 275.4 IV OTHER SERVICES Payment from U.K. Government for the benefit of agricultural producers in Northern Ireland 1.9 1.7 Payments in respect of agricultural training 1.9 — TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT 269.4 277.1