§ Mr. Colvinasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report the figures for annual payments received in England, Wales and Scotland from the non-marketing and conversion scheme broken down by promotion of dairy products, disposal of milk surpluses and marketing and development research and other components.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe figures requested on the annual payments received in England, Wales and Scotland from the non-marketing and conversion schemes are set out in the table below. The payments are made to individual farmers and are not allocated to specified expenditure of the types mentioned.
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Non-marketing of milk: Expenditure 1977–1982 £ sterling Year and Area Conversion scheme Non-marketing scheme 1977 England 302,316 390,657 Wales 63,632 21,709 Scotland 36,624 18,292 402,572 430,658 1978 England 1,588,706 2,417,646 Wales 273,044 208,952 Scotland 312,414 141,499 2,174,164 2,768,097 1979 England 2,548,300 6,530,570 Wales 495,515 756,828 Scotland 537,639 817,059 3,581,454 8,104,457 1980 England 4,920,314 17,615,993 Wales 495,515 1,275,154 Scotland 1,119,626 1,879,894 6,535,455 20,789,041 1981 England 5,257,392 6,968,081 Wales 1,333,463 1,094,314 Scotland 1,021,792 857,041 7,612,647 8,919,436 1982 England 3,323,819 10,196,319 Wales 678,718 781,188
Year and Area Conversion scheme Non-marketing scheme Scotland 857,962 1,048,671 4,860,499 12,026,178