§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the value of common agricultural policy subsidies(a) in total and (b) for each agricultural product paid to United Kingdom farmers in the last financial year; and what was (a) the average and (b) the median value of subsidy paid to each farm.
§ Mr. CurryDetails of public expenditure under the common agricultural policy, including expenditure on national grants and subsidies, are published in table 9.1 in "Agriculture in the United Kingdom", an annual publication produced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Copies are placed in the Library. Statistical information is not retained recording the average and median values of subsidy received by individual farms.