HC Deb 13 May 1986 vol 97 cc449-50W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what limit on (a) overall and (b) agricultural spending has been set by the European Economic Community Council of Ministers for 1987; and how this compares with the equivalent figures for 1986.

Mr. Brooke

[pursuant to his reply, 6 May 1986, c. 98]: The figures are as follows:

Reference Framework
Million ecu
1986 1987
Agricultural Guideline 20,619.4 21,648.8
Ad Hoc Addition for Spain and Portugal 567.0 1,312.0
Total Agricultural Guarantee Spending 21,186.4 22,960.8
Non Compulsory Expenditure 6,536.7 7,950.1
Other Compulsory Expenditure 2,535.7 4,393.3
TOTAL AMOUNT 30,258.8 35,304.2

The figures for non-compulsory expenditure and other compulsory expenditure (and hence the totals) are not strictly comparable, since the 1986 figures were calculated on an EC 10 basis, and those for 1987 on an EC12 basis.