§ 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 1974–75 of expenditure by the Ministry 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 1974–75, together with comparable figures for the outturn in the financial year 1973–74:
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Latest estimate of outturn 1974–75 Actual outturn 1973–74 £ million £ million I. Price Guarantees—Products covered by CAP Wheat — — Barley — 6.0 Oats and mixed corn — 2.8 Milk * 103.2 Pigs — — Eggs 0.3 5.7 TOTAL I 0.3 117.7 II. Price Guarantees—Products not covered by CAP Sheep 8.4 — Wool -4.5 -5.2 Potatoes 1.6 1.0 TOTAL II 5.5 -4.2 III. Other Grants and Subsidies Dairy Herd Conversion Scheme 11.2 2.1 Fertilisers 6.4 14.6 Lime 5.0 4.5 Calves 50.9 33.9 Beef cows 18.9 9.2 Pig subsidy 29.0 — Oil for horticulture 6.0 — Farm structure 1.8 1.3 Farm Capital Grants Scheme 84.0 72.2 Grants absorbed by FCGS 3.3 6.9 Grants for horticulture (national schemes) 7.4 10.1 Hill cattle 31.5 16.9 Hill sheep 17.9 10.4
Latest estimate of outturn 1974–75 Actual outturn 1973–74 £ million £ million Winter keep 11.3 7.0 Brucellosis eradication incentives 20.3† 3.0 Agricultural training 1.9 1.9 Others 5.3 3.8 TOTAL III 312.1 197.8 GRAND TOTAL 317.9 311.3 * Expenditure under the milk guarantee arrangements, together with the special additional payments, is estimated at £323 million in 1974–75 but this expenditure is now attributed to food subsidies. † Includes milk gallonage premiums, included under Milk in Section I for 1973–74.