§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year the amounts for ex-farm transport, administration, and so on, co-responsibility levy, Government subsidy and farm tank premium referred to in the footnotes to his reply of 19 May, Official Report, c. 175–6, to the hon. Member for Grimsby concerning milk prices.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithI refer the hon. Member to "Dairy Facts and Figures", published annually by the Federation of United Kingdom Milk Marketing Boards. In the 1981 edition, the information on ex-farm transport, administration, etc., and co-responsibility levy is contained in table 94 and that on farm tank premium is contained in table 106.
The Government subsidy on liquid milk in the years in question was as follows:
70WDates and Amounts
- April 1974-September 1974—1.76p per litre (1p per pint).
- October 1974-March 1975—4.40p per litre (2½p per pint).
- April 1975-November 1976—3.52p per litre (2p per pint).
- December 1976-March 1977—1.76p per litre (1p per pint).