§ Mr. Mackintoshasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the total payments of agricultural grants and subsidies and deficiency payments, divided into each of the main heads for the year 1964–65, together with the administrative costs for each of these payments in that year and the average cost of administration per payment in relation to Scotland, on the lines of the figures for England and Wales in Memorandum No. 24 submitted to the Select Committee on Agriculture.
§ Mr. RossOn the assumption that the Memorandum to which my hon. Friend refers is No. 19, the comparable information so far as it is available is given below. This information is subject to the same qualifications as were set out in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of Memorandum No. 19. Since the Scottish costings exercise in 1964–65 was conducted in a slightly different way it is not readily possible to give the average cost of administration pet payment for each head.
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ESTIMATED ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF D.A.F.S. APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURAL GRANT, SUBSIDY AND DEFICIENCY PAYMENT SCHEMES IN 1964–65 1. 2. Total Payments excluding Administration Total Estimated Administrative Expenses £'000 £'000 Agricultural Grant and Subsidy Schemes General Fertiliser Subsidy 4,688 18 Lime Subsidy 2,201 15 Grants for Ploughing up Grassland At £5 per acre 1,607 60 At £12 per acre 96 11 Field Drainage Grants* 320 73 Water Supply Grant* 112 22 Grants for Improvement of Livestock Rearing Land* 550 106 Winter Keep Scheme 1,288 93 Calf Subsidy 3,980 78 Hill Cattle Subsidy 2,931 80 Hill Sheep Subsidy 3,018 35 Silo Subsidy* 49 9 Farm Improvement Grants* 1,600 242 Grants to Small Farmers 330 47 Attested Herds Bonus Payments 47 1 Miscellaneous 101 19 22,918 909 Deficiency Payment Schemes Cereals Deficiency Payments 7,995 105 Fatstock Guarantee Payments 4,790 378 12,785 483 Totals 35,703 1,392 NOTE:
* The cost of administration allows for general advisory work and interim inspections of a kind not necessary for other types of Schemes.