§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many serious irregularities in the intervention regimes are currently under632W investigation in the United Kingdom for each agricultural commodity. [32387]
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[pursuant to the reply 5 July, Official Report, c. 307]: I am now able to provide the number of serious irregularities in the intervention regimes which are currently under investigation in the United Kingdom. The information is as follows:
Scheme Number of cases Beef intervention processing 1 Beef intervention purchases 2 Fruit and vegetable withdrawal 1 Surplus food 9 Seed production aid 1 Milk quotas 79 School milk 1 Total 94
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many investigations into intervention fraud in the United Kingdom have taken place in each of the last six years(a) for each agricultural commodity and (b) in total. [32384]
§ Mr. Hogg[pursuant to the reply, 5 July, Official Report, c. 307]: I am now able to provide the number of completed investigations into intervention fraud in the United Kingdom for each support scheme. The information is as follows:
Scheme 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Beef Intervention Purchases — — 2 2 2 1 — Cereals Intervention Purchases — 1 — 2 — 1 — Fruit and Veg Withdrawals — — — 1 1 1 — Surplus Food 1 — 1 — 6 20 5 NPO Butter — 3 — — — 1 1 Butter for Manufacture — — — — — 1 — Sheep Variable Premium 19 4 22 — — — — Cereals Corep Levy 4 3 14 15 3 2 — Beef Special Premium 53 16 15 12 11 1 4 Linseed 1 — 1 2 2 2 — Peas, Beans and Lupins 1 2 1 — 1 — — Milk Supplementary Levy 8 1 1 2 1 9 8 School Milk — — — 1 — 2 — Whisky Refunds — — 1 — — — — Conc. Butter for Direct — — — 1 1 — — Consumption Aid for Dehydrated Fodder — — — — 1 — — Liquid Skimmed for Animal Feed — — — — 1 — — Starch — — — — — 1 — Total 87 30 38 38 30 42 18