§ 71. Mr. Morrisasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total amount of public money paid out during the cereal year 1959–60 in wheat deficiency payments in England and Wales, the number of farmers in receipt of the said payments, and the acreage of wheat grown in the said year, in each country, respectively.
England Scotland Wales Cumberland … … 7 Inverness … 17 Denbigh … … 3 Lancashire … … 6 Ross and Cromarty 15 Nairn … 1 Merioneth … … 2 Northumberland … … 7 Aberdeen … 3 Montgomery … … 1 Durham … … 1 Cardigan … … 3 Yorkshire … … 2 Kincardine … 3 Pembroke … … 1 Lincolnshire … … 7 Angus … 10 Carmarthen … … 4 Norfolk … … 23 Perth … 12 Brecon … … 5 Suffolk … … 1 Argyll … 35 Glamorgan … … 10 Essex … … 1 Stirling … 1 Monmouth … … 2 Bucks … … 1 Peebles … 1 Berwick … 2 Total … … 31 Northants … … 7 Rosburgh … 3 Staffs … … 1 Dumfries … 4 Notts … … 2 Kirkcudbright … 6 Salop … … 1 Ayr … 1 Gloucester … … 1 Wigtown … 2 Devon … … 1 Somerset … … 2 Total … 116 Wilts … … 1 Hampshire … … 5 Kent … … 1 Total … … 78 Most of the vacant properties in England and Wales have been empty for less than six months and are either expected to be occupied shortly by Commission employees or are being improved to facilitate reletting.
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§ Mr. HareFollowing are the figures.
Cereal Year 1959–60 (July—June) Total Deficiency on wheat payments Number of Growers Acreage £'000* ('000) ('000) England … 20,100 71 1,825 Wales … 120 2 17 * These payments relate to the 5th Accounting Period of the 1958–59 cereal year and the first, second, third and fourth periods of the 1959–60 cereal year. They are made on the quantities sold and despatched by growers in these periods. N.B.—All the figures in the above table are subject to final adjustments