HC Deb 26 May 1978 vol 950 cc754-5W
Mr. Tim Smith

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assistance has been given by the Agricultural Fund of the European Economic Community to agricultural projects (a) in the East Midlands, and (b) in the district of Ashfield.

Mr. Bishop

Details of the grants approved from the Guidance Section of the European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund under Regulation 17/64/EEC for agricultural projects in the East Midlands are as follows:

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND AID AWARDED
1973 £
Expansion and re-equipment of Stilton cheese factory at Hartington in Derbyshire 95,370
Construction of two water pumping stations at Appleby Carrs and North Kelsey (both in Lincolnshire together with drain improvement 24,762
Construction of two beef production research units, one at Sutton Bonnington, Leicestershire, and the other at Ingliston (Edinburgh) 56,161*
Construction of seven water pumping stations and associated works in Witham Valley, Lincolnshire 88,800
Extension and improvement of a co-operative grass drying plant at Holton-le-Clay, Lincolnshire 25,960
1974
Expansion of a butter creamery at Alfreton, Derbyshire 75,420
Modernisation and extension of an egg packing plant at Chesterfield, Derbyshire 32,894
Construction of two pumping stations with ancillary drainage works at Witham, Lincolnshire 47,461
Provision of new pumping stations at Everton, Notting hamshire 97,210
Drainage works (provision of two pumping stations and dredging of dykes) at Fiskerton Fen, Lincolnshire 86,116

1975
Expansion of a maize mill at Worksop, Nottinghamshire, to supply maize to the brewing industry and food manufacturers 62,740
Construction of a seed warehouse and laboratory at Sleaford, Lincolnshire 50,000
1976
Construction of a duck processing factory near Caistor, Lincolnshire 306,229
Expansion of pumping facilities and other drainage improvements near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 34,845
Construction of a pumping station and other drainage improvements near Bourne, Lincolnshire 36,004
Construction of a pumping station and other drainage improvements near West Stock-with, Nottinghamshire 698,250
1977
Improvement of a poultry processing factory at Great Longstone, Derbyshire 100,000
Improvement of a slaughterhouse at Blisworth, Northamptonshire 255,480
Construction of a slaughterhouse and expansion of a meat processing factory at Crick, Northamptonshire 598,758
* Aid awarded is for both sides. No apportionment supplied by the EEC Commission.

Grants of £850,983 and £2,129,010 respectively were awarded in 1973 and 1974 for bulk milk installations in England and Wales. It is not, however, possible to apportion the benefit to recipients in the East Midlands Region from these grants. No FEOGA Individual Projects Scheme grant has been approved specifically for a project in the District of Ashfield. In addition to the projects under Regulation 17/64/EEC a number of projects from the East Midlands have been submitted to Brussels for consideration under EEC Regulation 355/77 which provides FEOGA assistance towards the marketing and processing of agricultural products. The first decisions under this Regulation will be announced by the Commission by 30th June 1978.

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