EC (Surplus Food)

HC Deb 03 March 1986 vol 93 cc9-10W

Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the amounts spent by the EEC on the storage of surpluses, the provision of export rebates and for the withdrawal of perishable food-stuffs from the market, respectively, over the most recent annual period for which figures are available, expressed in pounds sterling per week of the year in question.

Mr. Gummer

The information requested is as follows:

1985 expenditure (provisional figures) converted to weekly basis
	£ million
Storage of products in public intervention	15
Export refunds	75
Withdrawals (fish, fruit and vegetables)	3

Source: EC Commission figures.