HC Deb 08 March 1956 vol 549 cc222-3W
65. Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to give an up-to-date estimate of the cost of the pig subsidies in the financial year now ending in relation to the total sum of the farm price guarantees, with comparable figures for 1954–55.

Mr. H. Nicholls

The latest available estimate of the pig subsidy for the current financial year is £49.1 million. The total cost of agricultural support in the United Kingdom, including production grants, is estimated to be £213.6 million.

In 1954–55 the total subsidies paid on home-produced pig-meat amounted to £58.6 million and the total cost of agricultural support including production grants to £240.6 million.