§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and food how much of the overall expenditure on agriculture, fisheries and food, as shown in the public expenditure White paper is attributable to (a) agriculture, (b) fisheries, (c) food, (d) forestry, (e) court defence and (f) all the other non-agricultural activities including civil defence for 1985–86, 1986–87 and the forecast for 1987–88.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe information requested is set out in the table. It has not been possible to isolate expenditure on food.
(£ million) 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Agricultural support 2,160 1,546 1,898 Fisheries support 46 59 56 Forestry 51 53 54 Land Drainage, Flood and Coast protection 167 195 179 Other activities1 466 489 496 Total 2,890 2,342 2,683 1 Includes some services to agriculture, such as research and development local support in Northern Ireland for agriculture, fisheries and forestry.