§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total amount of subsidies paid to farmers in each of the last eight financial years.
§ Mr. MaclayThe total amount of subsidies, including production grants, paid to farmers in Scotland in each of the last eight financial years was as follows:
Year Amount £ 1948–49 … … … 9,141,000 1949–50 … … … 9,462,000 1950–51 … … … 7,824,000 1951–52 … … … 6,816,000 1952–53 … … … 10,444,000 1953–54 … … … 12,415,000 1954–55 … … … 27,918,000 1955–56 … … … 27,358,000 The figures for 1954–55 and 1955–56 include payments in implementation of agricultural price guarantees in respect of cereals, fatstock, milk, eggs and potatoes. In the years prior to 1954–55 these commodities were accounted for by the Ministry of Food through a net Trading Account, and for these years it is not possible to provide separate figures for Scotland or to identify the element of subsidy to farmers.