§ Mr. Blakerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of the EEC budget for each of the last five years has been represented by the farm funds; and what is the projected percentage of the EEC budget represented by the farm funds for 1975.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI have been asked to reply.
The expenditure of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund as a percentage of total Community budget expenditure in 1971, 1972 and 1973 was approximately 85 per cent., 83 per cent. and 81 per cent. respectively. On the basis of the provisions in the 1974 budget and in the 1975 draft budget the figure for both 1974 and 1975 is approximately 75 per cent.
Information on the years before 1971 is not readily available.