§ Mr. Hunterasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of expenditure in 1983–84 and 1984–85 by the agricultural departments on agricultural grants and subsidies, excluding market regulation, under the common agricultural policy.
§ Mr. JoplingDetails are given of the outturn for 1983–84 and the latest forecast of outturn for 1984–85: 291W
Outturn 1983–84 Latest forecastof outturn 1984–85 £ million £ million Price Guarantees Wool 0.6 -4.3 Potatoes 9.3 0.4 9.9 -3.9 Support for capital and other improvements Agriculture and Horticulture Development Scheme 104.1 94.8 Guidance Premiums 4.0 3.6 Farm Accounts 1.4 1.1 Farm Structure 0.5 0.5 Northern Ireland Agricultural Development Programme 9.6 13.6 Agriculture and Horticulture Grant Scheme 96.2 84.1 Co-operation Grants 3.8 5.1 Others 1.0 2.3 220.6 220.6 205.1 Support for agriculture in special areas Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances 91.5 97.4 Additional benefit to farmers in special areas under AHDS,NIADP and AHGS 26.4 30.8 Others 5.6 9.0 123.5 137.2 Other payments Milk Outgoers Scheme — 10.0 GRAND TOTAL 354.0 348.4 Some of this expenditure attracts contributions from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. These are mainly received in the following year. In 1984–85 £52.6 million is expected to be received from the Fund compared with £67.4 million in 1983–84.