European Community (Surplus Foods)

HC Deb 06 July 1981 vol 8 c52W

Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total cost of disposing of EEC surplus foods in 1980; what share of the total was borne by the United Kingdom; and what were the comparable totals, respectively, in each of the previous five years.

Mr. Peter Walker

The following figures give the cost of disposing of European Community surplus foods from 1975 to 1980 through export refunds and internal disposal measures:

	£ million
1975	1,025
1976	1,475
1977	2,150
1978	2,900
1979	4,125
1980	4,450

I regret that it is not possible to state what share was borne by the United Kingdom as we contribute to the cost of the European Community budget as a whole and not to individual elements separately.