§ Mr. Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the total returns to the farming industry, including subsidies, for each year from 1954–55 to the latest available date, using the average for the years 1954–55 155W to 1956–57 as a base with an index of 100.
§ Mr. John MackieThe information requested is as follows:
June-May Index (a) Year (1954–55 —1956–57 = 100) 1954–55 … … 96 1955–56 … … 100 1956–57 … … 104 1957–58 … … 108 1958–59 … … 109 1959–60 … … 112 1960–61 … … 114 1961–62 … … 122 1962–63 … … 125 1963–64 … … 126 1964–65 … … 134 1965–66 … … 137 1966–67 … … 139 1967–68 (b) … … 147 (a) The figures quoted are based on the value, at current prices in each year, of all sales of produce from agricultural holdings (over 1 acre in Great Britain; 1 acre and above in Northern Ireland) plus grants and subsidies (including deficiency payments on cereals retained on farms), sundry receipts and the change in value at cost of growing crops, livestock and farm stocks.
(b) As forecast for the Annual Review, 1968 (Cmnd. 3558, App. II, Table B).