§ Mr. Proctorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what quantity of United Kingdom wheat has been exported to Cuba in each of the past five years and with what level of subsidy; and If he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacGregor[pursuant to his reply, 18 November 1983, c. 603]: Information about the payment of export refunds could normally only be given at disproportionate cost, as special interrogation of the Intervention Board's 198W computer is required. In this instance it has been possible to prepare a reply at reasonable cost because it was clear that exports of wheat from the United Kingdom to Cuba were confined to 1982. In that year they totalled 325,736 tonnes. Information available to the Intervention Board indicates that the average rate of export refund—including the monetary compensatory amount—was £46.91 a tonne.