HC Deb 01 December 1976 vol 921 cc167-8W
Mr. Shepherd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will set out in the Official Repot the breakdown of Government expenditure in the forestry sector for the financial year 1975–76 and for the preceding five years.

Mr. Strang

Information for the financial year ended 31st March 1976 is as follows:

FORESTRY FUND (GRANT IN AID) ACCOUNT
(Forestry Act 1967, Section 44)
£
Balance 1st April 1975 224,630
Grant in aid transferred from Vote for Forestry Commission 26,900,000
Receipts 23,952,061
51,076,691
Payments 51,023,830
Balance 31st March 1976 52,861

DETAILS OF RECEIPTS
Realised
£
Forest produce, rents, etc. 23,952,061

DETAILS OF PAYMENTS
Expended
£
Salaries, etc. of non-industrial staff 11,927,757
Wages, etc. of industrial staff 16,492,692
Travelling and subsistence 1,914,814
Land, buildings and growing timber 4,184,425
Purchase of vehicles, machinery, etc. 3,301,185
Purchase of consumable stores, contract services and general expenses 11,172,426
Grants, etc. to private woodland owners 1,509,056
Grants to universities, institutions, etc. for research 56,627
Value added tax 464,848
51,023,830

Similar information for earlier periods is available in the Appropriation Accounts of the sums granted by Parliament for Civil Services, Classes I-V, for the respective financial year; copies are held in the Library.