§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Lord Privy Seal what was the total value of the European Economic Community food aid programme in each of the years 1975 to 1980 at current prices expressed in £ sterling.
§ Mr. Neil Marten[pursuant to the reply, 21 October 1981, c. 136]: The cost of the European Community food aid programmes in each of the years 1975 to 1980 was as follows:
1975 97 1976 73 1977 120 1978 163 1979 143 1980 188
§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will list the aggregate value of contracts for food aid under the EEC food aid programme secured by each member State of the EEC in 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981 so far.
§ Mr. Neil Marten[pursuant to the reply, 21 October 1981, c. 136.]: The Information is not available in the form requested. The Court of Auditors of the European Communities has published details of expenditure on food aid as follows:
1978 1979 Belgium 64.1 42.56 108.9 7.04 Denmark 0.1 0.07 17.7 11.44 France 129.4 85.92 100.2 64.77 Germany 192.0 127.49 219.0 14.16 Ireland 17.9 11.89 21.9 14.16 Italy 43.5 28.9 21.4 13.83 Luxembourg 0.9 0.6 6.8 4.4 Netherlands 67.6 44.89 42.4 27.41 United Kingdom 3.5 2.32 3.6 2.33 Information for 1980 and 1981 is not yet available.
§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Lord Privy Seal (1) what contracts for the supply of food have been secured by British suppliers under the EEC food aid programme in 1979, 1980 and 1981 so far;
(2) what are the main foodstuffs supplied by British producers under the EEC food aid programme in each of the years 1979, 1980 and 1981 so far.
§ Mr. Neil Marten[pursuant to the reply, 21 October 1981, c. 136]: The information is as follows:
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£ 1979 Butter 1 1,530 Skimmed Milk Powder 3 ,172,564 1980 Butter 1 904,999 Butteroil 1 462,800 Skimmed Milk Powder 9 1,945,702 1981* Butter 1 765,450 Skimmed Milk Powder 7 4,619,450 Wheat 2 1,366,743 Wheat Flour 3
- * To 9 October 1981.
- † Years relate to the calendar year in which expenditure was incurred by the United Kingdom Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce.
- ‡ No information is available about contracts awarded to British suppliers by intervention agencies in other member States.
- ** Commodities bought on the Community market are valued at world market prices; i.e. net of export refunds; but no value is attributed to commodities removed from intervention.