§
Mr. William Hamilton
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of all grants and subsidies available to farmers, and the sums paid under each for the years 1960 to 1965, inclusive.
§
Mr. Ross
The information is as follows:
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| Description |
1960–61 |
1961–62 |
1962–63 |
1963–64 |
1964–65 |
1965–66 (provisional) |
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
| Water Supply Grants (50 per cent. of approved works) |
130 |
128 |
130 |
120 |
112 |
93 |
| Grants for Improvement of Livestock Rearing Land" (50 per cent. of approved costs of comprehensive improvement schemes) |
505 |
570 |
508 |
549 |
550 |
493 |
| Winter Keep Grants (acreage payments for growing specified crops on livestock rearing units and supplement to hill sheep subsidy) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,288 |
1,537 |
| Marginal Production Assistance Grants* |
805 |
765 |
701 |
680 |
7 |
— |
| Grants for Bracken Destruction (50 per cent. of approved cost) |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
| Silo Subsidies* (payments at prescribed rates up to a maximum of £250) |
75 |
66 |
65 |
59 |
49 |
31 |
| Attested Herds (Bonus Payments)* |
809 |
556 |
312 |
142 |
47 |
1 |
| Grants for Improvement of Livestock Breeding: (Grants for bulls, rams and Shetland ponies and milk recording). |
9 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
9 |
| Calf Subsidy (payments to encourage the rearing of cattle for beef production) |
3,414 |
3,327 |
3,523 |
3,629 |
3,980 |
4,454 |
| Hill Cattle Subsidy (payments to encourage the keeping of regular breeding herds of cattle on livestock rearing land) |
2,305 |
2,511 |
2,670 |
2,759 |
2,931 |
3,407 |
| Hill Sheep Subsidy (payments to encourage the maintenance of foundation flocks of hardy hill sheep) |
359 |
420 |
726 |
1,208 |
3,018 |
2,185 |
| Grants to Agricultural Producers in the Scottish Islands (contributions towards cost of phosphatic fertilisers) |
27 |
32 |
35 |
36 |
22 |
13 |
| Grants for Farm Improvements (up to 33⅓ per cent. of cost of long-term improvements) |
844 |
1,254 |
1,319 |
1,420 |
1,600 |
1,618 |
| Grants to Rabbit Clearance Societies (50 per cent. of approved expenditure in destroying rabbits, wood pigeons, crows) |
33 |
41 |
46 |
51 |
53 |
56 |
| Grants to Small Farmers (for improving the profitability of small farm businesses) |
270 |
290 |
390 |
350 |
330 |
367 |
| Grants to Machinery Syndicates (33⅓ per cent. of cost of buildings for storing grain and housing machinery) |
— |
— |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Total (I) |
20,161 |
19,670 |
20,579 |
20,759 |
22,918 |
22,788 |
| * No new applications accepted under these Schemes. |
| Beef cow subsidy (£6 10s. payable on cows producing beef calves) Farm Business Records Grants (up to £100 per annum for three years to encourage the keeping of farm records. |
Payments under these Schemes will commence in the financial year 1966–67. |
| II. Implementation of Agricultural Price Guarantees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cereal Deficiency Payments Scheme: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wheat and rye |
965 |
1,223 |
872 |
1,411 |
677 |
655 |
| Barley |
2,503 |
2,652 |
3,147 |
3,165 |
3,410 |
2,192 |
| Oats and mixed corn |
3,678 |
5,888 |
3,789 |
3,697 |
3,907 |
2,947 |
| Fatstock Guarantee Scheme: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cattle |
2,358 |
8, 286 |
6,096 |
7,739 |
1, 998 |
974 |
| Sheep |
2,991 |
6,115 |
3,915 |
2,847 |
1,164 |
1,160 |
| Pigs |
1,197 |
1,958 |
2,678 |
1,356 |
1,629 |
2,082 |
| Milk |
4,039 |
4,472 |
3,280 |
3,400 |
2,504 |
3,271 |
| Eggs (estimated apportionment of U.K. figures) |
1,600 |
1,100 |
1,400 |
1,200 |
2,100 |
1,200 |
| Potatoes (estimated apportionment of U.K. figures) |
860 |
1,000 |
40 |
40 |
60 |
750 |
| Wool (estimated apportionment of U.K. figures) |
705 |
800 |
820 |
150 |
580 |
960 |
| TOTAL (II) |
20,896 |
33,494 |
26,037 |
25,005 |
18,029 |
16,191 |
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