§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assistance the Government have given to Britain's livestock farmers in the last year. [127045]
§ Ms Quin[pursuant to her reply of 29 June 2000, c.609W]The amount of money paid to Livestock farmers contained some inaccuracies and underestimated the support paid.
478WSince August 1999, the Government have announced two significant packages of assistance for the livestock sector delivering in total £419 million. Livestock farmers also receive around £ 1 billion each year in payments under the CAP to which this £149 million is an addition (CAP payments for beef producers are also set to rise this year by £130 million as a result of the reform of the beef regime). Beef and dairy farmers also benefit from the Over-thirty-months Scheme which itself costs around £400 million each year to run.