§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures showing total Scottish farm production for each year over the past four years; and what estimates he has for next year.
§ Mr. William RossThe value of total output of Scottish agriculture in each year since 1970–71 has been estimated as follows:
Farm Year Total Output*£ million 1970–71 … 261.4 1971–72 … 282.6 1972–73 … 339.9 1973–74 (provisional) … 430.4 1974–75 (forecast) … 479.2 Revisions of the last two figures and a forecast for 1975–76 will be published after the conclusion of the current Annual Review.
*The figures are in current value terms and include price subsidies such as cereal deficiency payments, fatstock guarantee payments and cattle slaughter premia but not other production grants and subsidies.