§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what is the percentage of the total European Farm Fund grant made to Great Britain 355W this year which has been earmarked for Northern Ireland;
(2) what was the full amount of the grant from the European Farm Fund allocated to Great Britain so far this year.
§ Mr. John SilkinFrom 1st January to 31st October 1976, the United Kingdom received £163,786,616 net from the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. These receipts cannot be apportioned between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From 1st January to 12th November 1976 the United Kingdom received £4,804,502 from the guidance section of the fund as a contribution towards expenditure on common and special measures. The Northern Ireland share of this was £210,764 or about 4.4 per cent. In the same period the European Commission also committed £9,817,710 for grants under the guidance section to individual projects in the United Kingdom, of which the Northern Ireland share was £2,707,755 or about 27.6 per cent.