Viscountess ASTORasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the amount of the subsidies paid out each year by the Treasury for the growing of sugar beet; and for each year how much was paid to the growers of beet and how much went to the factories?
§ Mr. ELLIOTI have been asked to reply. The subsidy is paid to manufacturers in respect of sugar and molasses produced by them from home-grown beets. The amounts paid in respect of each manufacturing season are as follow:1650W
With regard to the latter part of the question, I would refer my Noble Friend to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. T. Williams) on 14th December last, of which I am sending her a copy.
£ 1924–25 … … 509,200 1925–26 … … 1,121,581 1926–27 … … 3,324,197 1927–28 … … 4,214,060 1928–29 … … 2,824,820 1929–30 … … 4,233,776 1930–31 … … 6,143,612 1931–32 … … 1,973,360* 1932–33 … … 2,378,779 1933–34 … … 3,388,000 (provisional) * Including £183,297 advanced under the British Sugar Industry (Assistance) Act, 1931.