HC Deb 16 November 1966 vol 736 cc128-30W
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:

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