§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Sectary of State for Scotland what was the total public expenditure on agriculture in each year since 1970, showing for each year the various subsidies involved; and what are the projections for the years to 1981–82.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownThe information requested about public expenditure on agriculture for which my right hon. Friend is responsible is shown in the table below.
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£ million at 1977 public expenditure survey prices 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Oututrn Outturn Estimate Forecast Forecast Forecast Forecast Total expenditure … … 127.7 137.4 121.0 108.7 137.1 83.9 101.5 83.5 94.3 85.8 84.3 82.4 Expenditure on agricultural support included in the above total, of which:— Price Guarantees on products supported by CAP of EEC … … 18.5 20.8 9.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Price Guarantees on products not supported by CAP of EEC … 4.9 7.0 0.8 0.0 2.7 1.5 0.0 0.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 Production Grants and Subsidies … … 31.5 29.3 26.2 21.4 27.4 20.1 10.2 12.1 6.1 4.6 4.5 4.2 Grants for Capital Improvements … … 16.3 25.9 23.1 21.3 19.3 15.7 12.7 19.6 30.4 25.4 25.8 25.9 Grants and Loans for Other Improvements 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 Support for Agriculture in Special Areas (Production Grants and Subsidies and Capital Grants) … … 30.8 26.6 31.3 30.0 47.8 9.6 42.6 19.5 24.1 22.7 21.1 19.8 TOTAL … 103.0 110.4 91.2 76.1 97.6 47.3 66.0 51.8 63.0 55.1 53.8 52.4