§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing net incomes of farmers each year since 1960 at current and at 1975 prices.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithInformation on farming income at current prices is not available on a comparable
Table 1 EAGGF Guarantee Section: 1981 Estimated Outturn Export Refunds Internal Disposal Subsidies Public Intervention Buying Private Storage Aids Others (inc. agricultural production subsidies and co-responsibility levies) Total mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) Milk products 1,886 1,053 1,431 799 246 137 83 47 -304 -170 3,342 1,866 Cereals (inc. rice) 1,223 683 136 76 408 228 — 176 98 1,943 1,085 Beef 825 461 — 380 212 13 7 219 122 1,437 802 Olive oil and oilseeds 8 5 114 64 46 25 — 922 515 1,090 609 Sugar 409 228 3 2 — 344 192 12 7 768 429 Fruit and vegetables 43 24 492 274 107 60 — — 642 358 Wine 26 14 315 176 — 91 51 28 16 460 257 Tobacco 6 3 — 70 39 — 286 160 362 202 Sheepmeat — — — — — 191 107 191 107 Others 512 285 — 37 21 — 119 66 668 373 SUB-TOTAL 4,938 2,757 2,491 1,391 1,294 722 531 297 1,649 921 10,903 6,088
Accession and Monetary Compensatory Amounts Relating to the Farm Budget mecu (£ million) Intra Community Trade -32 -18 Extra Community Trade 270 151 122W
Table 2 EAGGF Guarantee Section: 1982 Budget Appropriations Export Refunds Internal Disposal Subsidies Public Intervention Buying Private Storage Aids Others (inc. agricultural production subsidies and co-responsibility levies) Total mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) Milk Products 2,398 1,255 1,573 824 461 241 97 51 -285 -149 4,244 2,222 Cereals (inc. rice) 1,468 768 137 72 410 215 — 176 92 2,191 1,147 Beef 788 413 — 348 182 69 36 210 110 1,415 741 Olive oil and oil seeds 10 5 235 123 44 23 5 3 1,011 529 1,305 683 Sugar 788 413 3 2 1 1 419 219 14 7 1,225 642 Fruit and vegetables 75 39 674 353 120 63 — — 869 455 Tobacco 19 10 — 41 21 — 588 308 648 339 Wine 31 16 256 134 — 91 48 38 20 416 218 basis before 1970. The figure for 1970 is £575 million. Information for the years 1971–81 is given in table 22 of the "Annual Review of Agriculture 1982" White Paper, Cmnd. 8491. Farming income is not calculated in 1975 prices.