§ Mr. Andrew Stewartasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of expenditure in 1982–83 and 1983–84 by the agricultural departments on agricultural grants and subsidies excluding market regulation under the common agricultural policy.
§ Mr. JoplingDetails of the outturn for 1982–83 and the latest forecast of outturn for 1983–84 are as follows:
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£ million Outturn 1982–83 Latest forecast of outturn 1983–84 Price guarantees Wool 6.2 3.2 Potatoes 1.9 10.9 Total 8.1 14.1 Support for Capital and other improvements Agriculture and Horticulture Development Scheme 100.3 94.0 Guidance Premiums 5.5 4.4 Farm Accounts 1.9 1.7 Farm Structure 0.6 0.5 Northern Ireland Agricultural Development Programme 11.2 7.3 Agriculture and Horticulature Grant Scheme 83.6 84.4 Co-operation Grants 2.4 4.1 Others 0.5 0.8 Total 206.0 197.2
Outturn 1982–83 Latest forecast of outturn 1983–84 Support for Agriculture in Special Areas Hill Livestock Compensatory allowances 88.3 93.9 Additional benefit to farmers in special areas under AHDS, NIADP and AHGS 28.7 22.2 Others 2.6 4.7 Total 119.6 120.8 Grand Total *333.7 *332.1 * Some of this expenditure attracts contributions from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund. These are mainly received in the following year. In 1983–84 £67 million is expected to be received from the fund compared with £21.1 million in 1982–83.