Agricultural Support (Hansard, 6 February 1967)

§ Mr. Kenyon

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of the latest estimates he has made of the agricultural subsidies for the United Kingdom for 1966–67, together

			£ million
			Latest estimate of outturn 1966–67	Actual outturn 1965–66
I. FARMING GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES
1. General Fertilisers Subsidy	…	…	30.0	29.6
2. Lime Subsidy	…	…	6.8	8.1
3. Grants for Ploughing up Grassland	…	…	6.1	7.6
4. Grassland Renovation Grants	…	…	—	—
5. Field Drainage and Water Supply Grants	…	…	3.7	3.7
6. Grants for Improvement of Livestock Rearing Land	…	…	1.1	1.3
7. Bonus Payments under the Tuberculosis (Attested Herds) Scheme	…	…	—	0.6
8. Calf Subsidy	…	…	25.2	22.7
9. Hill Cattle and Hill Sheep	…	…	15.6	11.1
10. Beef Cow Subsidy	…	…	2.7	—
11. Winter Keep Grants	…	…	3.6	3.4
12. Silo Subsidies	…	…	0.2	0.2
13. Grants for Farm Improvements	…	…	11.5	11.6
14. Grants to Small Farmers	…	…	2.2	3.4
15. Farm Business Records Scheme	…	…	0.1	—
16. Grants to Rabbit Clearance Societies	…	…	0.4	0.4
17. Other Grants	…	…	0.1	0.1
Total I	…	…	109.3	103.8

					£ million
					1966–67	1965–66
II. IMPLEMENTATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRICE GUARANTEES
1. Cereals:—
Wheat and Rye	…	…	…	…	13.9		14.2
Barley	…	…	…	…	29.4		21.6
Oats and Mixed Corn	…	…	…	6.9		7.3
	…	…	…	…		50.2		43.1
2. Fatstock:—
Cattle	…	…	…	…	21.2		5.0
Sheep	…	…	…	…	9.9		5.3
Pigs	…	…	…	…	7.2		39.5
						38.3		49.8
3. Eggs	…	…	…	…		17.3		18.2
4. Wool	…	…	…	…		3.7		3.8
5. Potatoes	…	…	…	…		3.5		6.8
Total II	…	…	…	…		113.0		121.7
III. OTHER SERVICES
Payment to the Exchequer of Northern Ireland	…	…	…	…		1.7		1.3
Totals I, II, III	…	…	…	…		224.0		226.8
IV. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Applicable to I and II only	…	…	…	…		10.2		9.8
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT	…		234.2		236.6
Details of the original estimates of the cost of agricultural support were included in Table VI of the Memorandum by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on the Estimates 1966–67 (Cmnd. 2955) and in Appendix V of the Annual Review and Determination of Guarantees, 1966 (Cmnd. 2933). Subsequently certain of the details were changed by Revised Estimates (H.C. 77 of 1966–67).

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with comparable figures for the previous year.