§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will compare the level of United 49W Kingdom food subsidies with the level of monetary compensation amount subsidy from the European Community for the years 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
Calendar Year 1977 £ million 1978 £ million 1979 £ million 1980 £ million 1981 £ million 1982 £ million Monetary compensatory amounts* paid/levied on imports Intra Community trade† +3.6 +4.0 + 1.9 -19.4 -124.4 -126.5 Third country trade +79.6 +73.3 +37.0 +2.6 — — +83.2 +77.3 +38.9 -16.S -124.4 -126.5 LessExport levies/refunds on intra Community trade -57.7 -109.9 -67.6 +5.1 +78.7 +76.8 Net receipts +25.5 -32.6 -28.7 -11.7 -45.7 -49.7 United Kingdom food subsidies Paid by Exchequer 268.6 23.1 ‡6.2 ‡— ‡— ‡— EAGGF contribution 40.4 56.8 97.0 109.8 94.8 ||81.5 Total 309.0 79.9 103.2 109.8 94.8 81.5 * + indicates receipt; - indicates payment. † Does not include MCAs paid in the exporting Member State. ‡ Does not include expenditure by Local Authorities under contribution arrangements. ║ Does not include expenditure on school milk. Developments since December 1976 have made it all the more difficult to make any meaningful comparisons. It should be noted that the net receipts/payments figures for monetary compensatory amounts do not represent the full effects of the United Kingdom agri-monetary arrangements on our contribution to the Community Budget.