§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total sums allowed by the State for the agricultural industry during the years 1935, 1938, and each post-war year; what were the sub
— Subsidies Education and Research Other Expenditure Total £ £ £ £ 1935–36 … … 5,836,000 799,000 2,249,000 8,884,000 1938–39 … … 6,798,000 944,000 2,888,000 10,630,000 1946–47 … … 27,611,000 1,818,000 19,251,000 48,680,000 1947–48 … … 27,460,000 2,355,000 27,349,000 57,164,000 1948–49 … … 41,227,000 2,794,000 25,773,000 69,794,000 1949–50 … … 43,343,000 3,498,000 16,916,000 63,757,000 1950–51 … … 37,486,000 3,024,000 14,851,000 55,361,000 1951–52 … … 28,867,000 4,612,000 14,458,000 47,937,000 The subsidies paid in the Financial Year 1938–39 were:
£ Fat Cattle Subsidies 4,291,000 Milk Subsidies 653,000 Land Drainage Grants 112,000 Attested Herds Bonuses 173,000 Improvement of Livestock Grants 83,000 Lime, etc., Subsidy 1,322,000 Barley and Oats Subsidy 164,000 Total £6,798,000 The average annual expenditure of the Agricultural Departments on account of subsidies (including crop acreage payments) in the years 1940–41 to 1945–46 (inclusive) was £24,250,000; and in the post-war years 1946–47 to 1951–52 (inclusive) was £31,000,000. In the Estimates for the Financial Year 1952–53 the sum of £45,531,000 was provided for agricultural subsidies, and for the current Financial Year £48,577.000 is provided.