§ Mr. Nealeasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give
Latest estimate of outturn 1979–80 Actual outturn 1978–79 £million £million I. PRICE GUARANTEES* Sheep … … … … … … … … 3.3 0.1 Wool … … … … … … … … — — Potatoes … … … … … … … … 9.1 23.0 TOTAL I … … … … … … … 12.4 23.1
II. OTHER GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES £ million† £ million† Dairy herd conversion scheme … … … … … 0.1 3.4 Guidance premiums for beef and sheepmeat … … … 14.4 10.1 Calves … … … … … … … … — 6.8 Milk non-marketing premiums … … … … … 15.4 7.1 Farm and horticulture development scheme … … … 84.1 45.5 Farm accounts … … … … … … … 1.6 0.6 Farm structure … … … … … … … 0.8 0.8 Farm capital grant scheme … … … … … 77.9 59.7 Co-operation grants scheme … … … … … … 1.9 1.1 Grants for horticulture (national schemes) … … … 4.0 3.4 Hill livestock compensatory allowances … … … 94.0 36.5 Additional benefit to farmers in special areas under FCGS and FHDS … … … … … … … … 14.8 8.9 Brucellosis eradication incentives … … … … 9.4 8.6 Others … … … … … … … … 1.7 1.1 TOTAL II … … … … … … … 320.1 193.6 GRAND TOTAL … … … … … … 332.5‡ 216.7 * Expenditure under the milk guarantee arrangements which terminated on 31 December 1977 is attributed to food subsidies. † Some of this expenditure attracts contributions from the European Guidance and Guarantee Fund. These are mainly received in the following year. In 1979–80 £43.9 million is expected to be received from the Fund as compared with £24.1 million in 1978–79. ‡ The estimate for 1979–80 includes £32.1 million deferred from 1978–79 as a result of industrial action.