HC Deb 07 December 1984 vol 69 cc291-3W

Table I: Public expenditure under the CAP and on national grants and subsidies by the intervention board for agricultural produce and the agricultural departments* †M
1983–84 (Actual) 1984–85 (Forecast)
£ million £ million
I Market Regulation under the CAP 1,374.5 1,424.1
II Price Guarantees 9.9 -3.9
III Support for Capital and Other Improvements 220.6 205.1
IV Support for Agriculture in Special Areas 123.5 137.2
V Other Payments — 10.0
GRAND TOTAL 1,728.5 1,772.5
Receipts from EAGGF
Guarantee Section 1,127.6 1,082.0
Guidance Section 72.7 57.7
TOTAL 1,200.3 1,139.7

* Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland and the Welsh Office. Expenditure in Northern Ireland, borne on the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund, is excluded apart from that on the Milk Outgoers Scheme.

† The figures in tables I, II and III may not add up to the totals shown due to roundings.

Table II
Market regulation under the cap
£ million
Expenditure* EAGGF contributions†
1983–84 (Actual) 1984–85 (Forecast) 1983–84 (Actual) 1984–85 (Forecast)
(I) Expenditure by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce
Cereals 120.8 357.8 207.9 194.4
Beef and Veal 263.9 322.5 176.0 215.7
Pigmeat -14.8 -10.1 -14.8 -10.1
Sugar 53.2 63.1 53.2 63.1
Processed products 28.3 32.9 28.3 32.9
Milk products 561.3 333.0 319.6 280.5
Oilseeds 87.2 54.6 87.2 54.6
Sheepmeat 158.3 123.1 158.3 123.1
Eggs 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2
Poultry and Meat 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
Fruit and Vegetables 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0
Hops 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9
Herbage seeds 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.0
Others 14.2 22.9 18.5 23.7
Total 1,279.2 1,306.1 1,041.0 984.2
(II) Expenditure by the Agriculture Departments
Milk Non-marketing Premiums 13.3 12.7 13.3 12.7
Suckler Cow Premium Scheme 15.7 27.8 12.3 12.7
Annual Premium on Ewes 66.3 77.5 66.3 77.5
Total 95.3 118.0 91.9 102.9
Grand Total 1,374.5 1,424.1 ‡1, 132.9 ‡1,087.1
* Includes net monetary Compensatory Amounts of -£9.2 million in 1983–84 and £10.2 million in 1984–85
† Contributions are from the Guarantee Section of EAGGF except that 40 per cent, in respect of milk non-marketing premiums which comes from the Guidance Section.
‡ In 1983.84 £1,127.6 million from Guarantee Section and £5.3 million from Guidance Section: £1,082.0 and £5.1 million respectively in 1984–85

Table III
Other expenditure by the agricultural departments*
£ million
1983–84 (Actual) 1984–85 (Forecast)
Price Guarantees
Wool 0.6 -4.3
Potatoes 9.3 0.4
Total 9.9 -3.9
Support for Capital and Other Improvements
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Scheme 104.1 94.8
Guidance Premiums 4.0 3.6
Farm Accounts 1.4 1.1
Farm Structure 0.5 0.5
Northern Ireland Agricultural Development Programme 9.6 13.6
Agriculture and Horticulture Grant Scheme 96.2 84.1
Co.operation grants 3.8 5.1
Others 1.0 2.3
Total 220.6 205.1
Support for Agriculture in Special Areas
Hill livestock compensatory allowances 91.5 97.4
Additional benefit under AHDS, NIADP and AHGS 26.4 30.8
Others 5.6 9.0

1983–84 (Actual) 1984–85 (Forecast)
Total 123.5 137.2
Other payments
Milk Outgoers Scheme — 10.0
Grant Total 354.0 348.4
Contributions from the guidance section of EAGGF 67.4 52.6
* Excludes expenditure on Brucellosis eradication incentives (£1.9 million in 1983–84 and £0.8 million in 1984–85) and on horticultural protected crops adaptation aid (0.6 million in 1983–84).