§ Mr. HarveyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the net effect on Exmoor farming incomes of changes he proposes to hill livestock compensatory allowances for the next year.
§ Mr. CurryThe conditions of the HLCA scheme are determined on the basis of national statistical data and it is not possible to measure the impact on different localities.
Average net farm income on LFA livestock farms in the United Kingdom Severely Disadvantaged Area Disadvantaged Area1 All LFA Nominal terms Real terms Nominal terms Real terms Nominal terms Real terms 2Year £ thousands per farm 3Index 3Index £ thousands per farm 3Index 3Index £ thousands per farm 3Index 3Index 1982–83 — 112 172 — — — — 112 172 1983–84 — 98 143 — 412 595 — 108 159 1984–85 — 112 157 — 338 465 — 121 170 1985–86 — 107 142 — 205 266 — 112 148 1986–87 — 80 102 — 113 141 — 82 104 1987–88 — 118 145 — 218 263 — 125 153 1988–89 — 145 168 — 293 335 — 154 179 1989–90 — 103 111 — 152 161 — 106 114 1990–91 8.3 87 86 2.8 58 56 7.1 85 83 1991–92 10.4 110 103 4.3 91 83 9.1 109 102 1992–93 12.2 128 116 4.9 102 90 10.6 127 114 1 The disadvantaged area was designated only in 1984. 2 Accounting years end on average in February. 3 1989–90—1991–92=100. Indices in real terms have been derived by deflating the nominal indices by the Retail Price Index.