§ Mr. Conlanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of the latest estimate he has made of the cost in 1975–76 of expenditure by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland under United Kingdom price guarantees and other grants and subsidies, together with comparable figures for the preceding year.
§ Mr. PeartFollowing are the details of the latest estimates for the financial year 1975–76, together with the comparable figures for the outturn in the financial year 1974–75.
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Latest estimate of outturn 1975–76† Actual outturn 1974–75 £ million £ million I. Price Guarantees—Products covered by CAP Cereals — — Milk * * Pigs — — Eggs — 0.3 Total 1 — 0.3 II. Price Guarantees—Products not covered by CAP Sheep 9.0 8.5 Wool 1.7 −4.3 Potatoes 0.7 1.6 Total II 11.4 5.8 III. Other grants and subsidies Dairy Herd Conversion Scheme 11.6 10.0 Fertilisers — 6.1 Lime 4.7 4.5 Calves 59.5 48.9 Beef Cows 12.0 22.1 Pig Subsidy — 29.2 Oil for Horticulture 0.4 5.6 Farm and Horticulture Development Scheme 1.6 0.1 Farm Structure 1.7 1.4 Farm Capital Grant Scheme 67.0 80.8 Grants absorbed by FCGS 0.1 3.3
Latest estimate of outturn 1975–76† Actual outturn 1974–75 £ million £ million Grants for Horticulture (National Schemes) 4.0 5.8 Hill Cattle 17.7 35.4 Hill Sheep 23.0 19.8 Winter Keep 7.2 12.3 Brucellosis Eradication Incentives 19.2 23.4 Others 4.5 3.7 Total III 234.2 312.4 GRAND TOTAL 245.6 318.5 * Expenditure under the milk guarantee arrangements, together with the special additional payments, is estimated at £325 million in 1974–75 and £278 million in 1975–76. This expenditure is attributed to food subsidies. † Of the estimated outturn for 1975–76, £4.3 million is expected to be financed from the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, mainly in respect of the Dairy Herd Conversion Scheme.