§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the total amount, expressed in pounds sterling, which the EEC plans to spend this year on the disposal or destruction of food and wine surpluses; and if he will also publish a table showing these amounts in respect of the previous 15 years.
§ Mr. RyderThe 1989 Community budget made provision for expenditure of £8,281.9 million on export refunds, subsidies for internal disposals, losses on sale out of intervention and depreciation of stocks. Comparable data for earlier years are shown in the table.
£ million 1974 431.1 1975 677.3 1976 1,058.4 1977 1,284.8 1978 2,836.2 1979 3,860.1 1980 3,947.5 1981 3,417.9 1982 3,565.0 1983 4,280.4 1984 5,249.1 1985 5,384.0 1986 6,272.4 11987 8,130.8 121988 8,451.4 21989 8,281.9 1 1987 budget year covered 10 months' expenditure, 1988 budget year covered 11½ months' expenditure. 2 Excluding provision for additional depreciation of old stocks; 1,240 mecu in 1988 and 1,449 mecu in 1989.