HC Deb 10 April 1957 vol 568 c143W
Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now give under detailed heads the pay-

Direct Subsidy Payments made under Agricultural Prices Guarantees
£ million £ million
(a) Cereals:
Wheat and Rye 15.9
Barley 8.9
Oats and mixed corn 1.4
26.2
(b) Home produced eggs 35.1
(c) Fatstock:
Cattle 34.0
Sheep 9.3
Pigs 31.5
74.8
(d) Milk (excluding school and welfare milk) … 22.1
(e) Wool … 0.4
(f) Potatoes … 0.5
TOTAL I … 159.1
II. Agricultural Production Grants
(a) General Fertilisers Subsidy … 20.0
(b) Lime Subsidy … 9.3
(c) Grants for Ploughing up Grassland … 9.0
(d) Field Drainage and Water Supply Grants … 2.8
(e) Grants for Improvement of Livestock Rearing Land … 1.7
(f) Marginal Production Assistance Grants … 2.2
(g) Bonus Payments under the Tuberculosis (Attested Herds) Scheme … 10.3
(h) Livestock: Improvement of Breeding … 0.1
(i) Calf Subsidy … 11.9
(j) Hill Sheep and Hill Cattle … 3.9
(k) Grants for Silos … 0.1
TOTAL II … 71.3
Administrative overheads applicable to I and II above … 5.0
TOTAL SUBSIDY I AND II … 235.4
III. Trading Subsidies in implementation of Agricultural Guarantees
(a) Home produced eggs 5.4
(b) Potatoes 1.0
6.4
TOTAL COST OF AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT … 241.8