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Mr. Peart
The latest out-turn figure (subject to final adjustment and audit) of the cost of agricultural support in the United Kingdom in the financial year 1966–67 is £228 million. Details are:
| I. FARMING GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES |
| £ million |
|
Provisional outturn 1966–67 |
| 1. General Fertilisers Subsidy |
30.0 |
| 2. Lime Subsidy |
6.4 |
| 3. Grants for Ploughing up Grassland |
5.7 |
| 4. Field Drainage Grants |
3.2 |
| 5. Water Supply Grants |
0.5 |
| 6. Grants for Improvement of Live stock Rearing Land |
1.0 |
| 7. Calf Subsidy |
24.8 |
| 8. Hill Cow Subsidy |
7.5 |
| 9. Hill Sheep Subsidy |
8.0 |
| 10. Beef Cow Subsidy |
2.5 |
| 11. Winter Keep Grants |
3.6 |
| 12. Silo Subsidies |
0.2 |
| 13. Grants for Farm Improvements |
11.1 |
| 14. Grants to Small Farmers |
2.3 |
| 15. Farm Business Records Scheme |
— |
| 16. Grants to Rabbit Clearance Societies |
0.4 |
| 17. Other Grants |
0.1 |
| Total I |
107. 3 |
| II. IMPLEMENTATION OF AGRICULTURE GUARANTEES |
| £ million |
| 1. Cereals:— |
|
|
|
| Wheat and Rye |
… |
13.6 |
|
| Barley |
… |
29.2 |
|
| Oats and mixed corn |
… |
6.7 |
|
|
|
|
49.5 |
| 2. Fatstock:— |
|
|
|
| Cattle |
… |
19.7 |
|
| Sheep |
… |
8.9 |
|
| Pigs |
… |
5.7 |
|
|
|
|
34.3 |
| 3. Eggs |
… |
|
18.0 |
| 4. Wool |
… |
|
3.6 |
| 5. Potatoes |
… |
|
3.5 |
| Total II |
… |
|
108.9 |
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| III. OTHER SERVICES |
| Payment to the Exchequer of Northern Ireland |
1.6 |
| Totals I, II, III |
217.8 |
| IV. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES ESTIMATE |
| Applicable to I and II only |
10.2 |
| TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT |
228. 0 |
The foregoing figures supersede those for 1966–67 shown in App. V of the Annual Review and Determination of Guarantees 1967 (Cmnd. 3229).