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Mr. Godber
The following are the estimated agricultural and food subsidies in 1956–57 for which provision has been made in the Civil Estimates Class VIII 2, 3, 5, 12 and 13 and in the Votes of the Health and Education Departments.
|
£ million |
| 1 Direct subsidy payments made under Agricultural Price Guarantees: |
| (a) Cereals |
26.2 |
| (b) Home-produced eggs |
35.1 |
| (c) Fatstock |
74.8 |
| (d) Milk (excluding school and welfare milk) |
22.1 |
| (e) Wool |
0.4 |
| (f) Potatoes |
0.5 |
| TOTAL I |
159.1 |
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|
£ million |
| 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 live- stock 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: |
|
£ million |
| (a) Home-produced eggs |
5.4 |
| (b) Potatoes |
1.0 |
| 6.4 |
| Total cost of agricultural support |
241.8 |
| IV. Other food subsidies: |
| £ million |
| (a) Bread subsidy |
18.0 |
| (b) Subsidy to the white fish industry |
2.7 |
| (c) Guaranteed prices for Australian meat and dried fruits |
2.9 |
| 23.6 |
| 265.4 |
| V. Welfare foods and school milk (borne on Votes of the Health and Education Departments) |
52.1 |
| ESTIMATED AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SUBSIDIES IN 1956–57 |
£317.5 |