AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE GRANTS (Hansard, 17 March 1983)

§ Lord O'Hagan
asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many grants, and of what value, the United Kingdom has received in each of the last five years for:—

(i) The launching cost of new agricultural co-operatives in the fruit and vegetable sector.

(ii) The formation and management of production groups.

(iii) Joint investment for fodder production in the improvement of hill pastures.

Earl Ferrers
Such payments are made by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund as reimbursement of a proportion of expenditure by the United Kingdom Government. The rate of reimbursement under Regulation 1035/72, which provides for launching aid for new agricultural co-operatives in the fruit and vegetable sector, is 50 per920WA cent. Under Directives 72/159 and 75/268, which deal inter alia with production groups and fodder production respectively, it is 25 per cent. Numbers of projects and total reimbursement for the last five calendar years are shown in the following table.

UNITED KINGDOM REIMBURSEMENTS FROM EAGGF ON GRANTS PAID TO CO-OPERATIVES IN THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR TO PRODUCTION GROUPS AND TO FODDER PRODUCTION GROUPS

Table A

Regulation 1035/72

Calendar Year 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982

Reimbursement £8.739 — £14,481 £2,746 £50,000^*

Number of Projects 3 — 4 1 5^*

Table B

Directive 72/159 (Article 12)

Calendar Year 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982

Reimbursement £1,410 £792 £179 — —

Number of Projects 3 2 2 — —

Table C

Directive 75/268 (Article 11)

Calendar Year 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982

Reimbursement £12,986 £10,424 £12,167 £7,558 £6,880^*

Number of Projects 37 41 32 27 24^*

^*Provisional

§ Lord O'Hagan
asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many agricultural co-operatives in the United Kingdom have received aid from the EEC towards the capital cost of marketing or processing projects in each of the last five years; and for what value.

Earl Ferrers
; Awards made towards capital investment in marketing and processing by co-operatives are given under EEC Regulation 355/77. The value of these grants in the last five years, and the number of co-operatives receiving them, are as follows:

Year Number of projects Value of awards £'000

1978 … … … 17 1,154.1

1979 … … … 8 549.0

1980 … … … 8 1,499.9

1981 … … … 12 2,384.1

1982 … … … 16 1,158.8

Total … … … 61 6,745.9

UNITED KINGDOM REIMBURSEMENTS FROM EAGGF ON GRANTS PAID TO CO-OPERATIVES IN THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR TO PRODUCTION GROUPS AND TO FODDER PRODUCTION GROUPS
Table A
Regulation 1035/72
Calendar Year	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982
Reimbursement	£8.739	—	£14,481	£2,746	£50,000^*
Number of Projects	3	—	4	1	5^*
Table B
Directive 72/159 (Article 12)
Calendar Year	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982
Reimbursement	£1,410	£792	£179	—	—
Number of Projects	3	2	2	—	—
Table C
Directive 75/268 (Article 11)
Calendar Year	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982
Reimbursement	£12,986	£10,424	£12,167	£7,558	£6,880^*
Number of Projects	37	41	32	27	24^*
^*Provisional

Year	Number of projects	Value of awards £'000
1978 … … …	17	1,154.1
1979 … … …	8	549.0
1980 … … …	8	1,499.9
1981 … … …	12	2,384.1
1982 … … …	16	1,158.8
Total … … …	61	6,745.9