§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what has been the cost to the United Kingdom 329W in each year for which the information is available to subsidise the sale of EEC butter stocks to the Soviet Union and other third countries;
(2) what has been the cost to the United Kingdom in each year for which the information is available to store or destroy beef, milk powder, wine or fruit, as part of EEC policies; and what has been the cost of subsidised exports to third countries.
COMMUNITY EXPENDITURE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND—GUARANTEE SECTION Million units of account 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 I. Public and private storage Beef … … … … … — 250.3 438.3 350.8 239.6 Skimmed milk … … … 1.2 (-16.3) 50.4 449.9 250.1 Wine … … … … … 6.6 25.9 36.4 43.3 37.2 II. Withdrawal Compensation and buying in Fresh fruit and vegetables … … 5.4 44.3 48.5 165.9 104.5 III. Export refunds Beef … … … … … 2.7 55.5 144.2 135.7 114.2 Milk and milk products … … 328.1 342.0 328.5 694.4 1,237.0 Wine … … … … … 0.4 0.1 0.3 1.6 1.1 Fresh fruit and vegetables … … 25.1 16.7 28.3 41.9 31.0 Notes: (1) Figures have been taken from EAGGF annual reports. (2) Figures for "skimmed milk" are given in section I because those for "milk powder" are no separately available. (3) Figures for "fresh fruit and vegetables" are given in sections II and III because those for "fruit" are not separately available. (4) Figures for "milk and milk products" are given in section III because those for "milk powder" and "butter" are not separately available. The United Kingdom percentage contributions to the Communities' Budget and therefore to these costs for the years covered by the table were as follows:
For Budget purposes in those years, £1 equalled 2.4 units of account.
1973 8.8 1974 11.0 1975 13.6 1976 16.3 1977 19.2