§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the tonnage of oilseed to which the £60.4 million subsidy was payable in 1982, the average or median subsidy per tonne, together with the monetary basis for calculating that subsidy, or range of subsidy.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information requested is as follows:
Tonnage on which subsidy was paid Approximate average rate of subsidy per tonne £ Rapeseed 376,132 155.73 Sunflower seed 14,454 148.75 The subsidy is the difference between a target price fixed annually and an average world market price determined periodically by the European Commission in accordance with the provisions of EC regulation 225/67.