§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the actual European Economic Community spending on agriculture 1983 and 1984; what was the authorised total for 1985; what is the estimated total for 1986; what percentage of each total relates to the destruction, dumping or storage of surpluses of food and wine.
§ Mr. Gummer[pursuant to his reply, 14 November 1985]: The information requested is set out in the following table:
CAP expenditure (mecu) Cost of (a) Storage* (b) Withdrawals* as percentage of CAP expenditure 1983 16,637 4.8 1.9 1984 19,093 5.2 2.4 1985 budget 20,755 6.2 1.6 1986 draft budget 21,962 6.7 1.5 * These figures represent the cost of: (a) Storage in public intervention for commodities which have been in structural surplus in this period (cereals including feed grains, sugar, milk products and beef);
(b) Community aid for withdrawals from the market of fish and fresh fruit and vegetables; in some circumstances withdrawn produce finds no end use and has to be destroyed, although the expenditure involved is not specifically identified in the Community statistics which relate to all
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NHS Staff employed in Scotland 30 September 1984 Profession and grade Male Female Full-time Part-time Total Radiographers: Superintendent 25 121 146 — 146 Senior 25 355 300 80 380 Basic 25 515 347 193 540 Totals 75 991 793 273 1,066 Speech therapists: Area/District — 12 12 — 12 Chief 1 39 38 2 40 Senior 4 318 203 119 322 Basic — 3 2 1 3 Totals 5 372 255 122 377 Clinical psychologists: Top 13 2 15 — 15 Principal 27 33 46 10 45 Senior 23 19 40 6 46 Basic 10 25 34 1 35 Totals 73 79 135 17 152 withdrawals.
There is no Community dumping of food or wine and therefore no expenditure.
Sources:
EC Commission financial reports, report on the implementation of the budget, 1985 budget, 1986 draft budget.