§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing for each land settlement association estate: (a) the amount paid since 1953 by land settlement association growers in capital repayment and interest payments on the assets of centralised service as part of their standing and marketing charges and (b) the amount of fresh investment his Ministry has made in those assets since 1953, other than via grants and loans available under general agricultural support schemes.
§ Mrs. FennerThe following information in respect of centralised services buildings has been compiled by the land settlement association from readily available records which may be incomplete.
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Table 1. Amount paid since 1953 by LSA growers in depreciation and interest repayments on centralised services buildings Estate Interest Sinking fund depreciation (£000's) (£000's) Abington 15 3 Chawston 32 8 Fen Drayton 22 8 Foxash 32 8 Fulney 45 6 Newboum 17 5 Newent 50 14 Potton 5 2 Sidlesham 46 11 Snaith 23 4 288 69 Notes:
1. Excludes charges on Staff houses and maintenance costs.
2. Excludes interest and depreciation payments in respect of works prior to 1953 for which no records are available.
Table 2. Amount of investment by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food centralised services buildings since 1953, other than via grants and loans Estate Total investment (£000's) Abington 13 Chawston 28 Fen Drayton 21 Foxash 36 Fulney 59 Newbourn 19 Newent 53 Potton 5 Sidlesham 44 Snaith 24 301 Note:
Excludes staff houses.
It would involve disproportionate effort to extract similar information in respect of equipment.