§ Mr. Home Robertsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table 74W showing expenditure by and through his Department on each category of capital grant on buildings, drainage, fixed plant, machinery and other improvements, respectively, for each of the last five years and also showing the total value of grant-aided improvements in each of those categories for the years in question.
§ Mrs. FennerThe table shows for England the amount of grant paid and the investment on which it was paid in respect of the present capital grant schemes and the schemes they replaced in October 1980. Grant payments to co-operatives under the agriculture and horticulture cooperation scheme (AHCS) are shown separately, but the details of the investment on which grant was claimed under this scheme are not available.
75W
Grant paid and eligible cost—England Calendar years
£ million 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) Buildings and Works 41.6 140.1 60.1 202.9 51.8 181.4 53.5 193.7 53.2 193.0 Drainage 17.1 31.7 27.0 51.4 25.3 52.9 32.3 70.0 29.9 66.2 Fixed equipment and machinery 10.0 74.7 13.3 98.6 9.2 73.7 9.2 80.5 8.9 80.7 Field works and improvements 6.2 19.9 9.0 29.1 9.3 30.1 12.6 40.1 14.3 45.6 Glasshouses—warework—orchards 1.3 6.8 1.4 7.5 1.1 5.5 0.9 4.5 1.2 4.4 Livestock Purchases 0.7 6.7 0.7 6.6 0.5 4.5 0.5 4.5 0.4 3.9 Total 76.9 279.9 111.5 396.1 97.2 348.1 109.0 393.3 107.9 393.8 AHCS 0.7 n/a 0.8 n/a 2.1 n/a 1.6 n/a 3.1 n/a (a) Grant paid. (b) Investment eligible for grant. n/a not available.