§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of expenditure in 1986–87 and 1987–88 by the agricultural departments on agricultural grants and subsidies, excluding market regulation, under the common agricultural policy.
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§ Mr. MacGregorDetails are given in the table of the outturn for 1986–87 and the latest forecast of outturn for 1987–88.
(£ million) Outturn 1986–87 Latest fore-cast of out-turn 1987–88 Price Guarantees Wool 8.1 2.5 Potatoes — — 8.1 2.5 Support for capital and other improvements Environmentally sensitive areas — 3.6 Agriculture and Horticulture development scheme 45.3 43.1 Guidance premiums 3.2 2.0 Farm accounts 0.7 0.7 Farm structure 0.3 0.2 Northern Ireland agricultural development programme 4.0 2.2 Agriculture and Horticulture grant scheme 25.6 1.9 Agriculture improvement scheme (EC) 7.5 29.8 Agriculture improvement scheme (National) 8.9 8.6 Others 0.2 0.5 95.7 92.6 Support for agriculture in special areas Hill livestock compensatory allowances 121.7 114.8 Additional benefit to farmers in special areas under AHDS, NIADP, AHGS, AIS(EC) and AIS(nat) 29.9 25.3 Others 4.9 3.8 156.5 143.9 Other payments Milk outgoers scheme 9.5 10.9 Weather aid 1985 — — Sheep compensation scheme 4.3 1.0 Cooperation grants 2.7 2.5 Producer organisation 1.0 0.8 Forage groups 0.4 0.4 17.9 15.6 Grand total 278.2 254.6 Some of this expenditure attracts contributions from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund. These are mainly received in the following year. In 1987–88, £36.7 million is expected to be received from the fund, compared with £41.5 million in 1986–87.
The individual figures may not add up to the totals shown due to roundings.
§ Mr. HarrisTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide details of expenditure in 1986–87 and 1987–88 by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce and the agricultural departments on market regulation under the common agricultural policy.
§ Mr. MacGregorDetails of the outturn for 1986–87 and the latest forecast of outturn for 1987–88 are as follows:
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(£ million) Outturn 1986–87 Latest forecast of outturn 1987–88 (i) Expenditure by the intervention board for agricultural produce Cereals 114.5 191.1 Beef and Veal 229.7 243.0 Pigmeat -2.4 -1.7 Sugar 114.9 136.8 Processed Goods 41.6 45.5 Milk Products 299.6 282.1 Oil Seeds 118.4 195.9 Sheepmeat 102.3 124.7 Others 18.1 28.8 1,036.7 1,246.2 (ii) Expenditure by the agricultural departments Payments to milk producers giving up milk production — 51.0 Milk Non-Marketing Premiums — — Suckler Cow Premium Scheme 26.9 37.0 Annual premium on ewes 101.7 143.8 Small cereals producers — 3.4 Grand Total 128.6 235.2 Expenditure includes the beef and sheepmeat variable premium schemes (net of clawback for sheepmeat and charges on beef exported and sold into intervention), the premium schemes for the non-marketing of milk and the conversion of dairy herds, suckler cow premium scheme, annual premium on ewes, payments to producers giving up milk production, scheme to aid small cereal producers, refunds on imports and exports (net of levies), the school milk subsidy, and the net cost of buying commodities into intervention less proceeds from sales. It also takes account of certain receipts treated as negative expenditure, namely monetary compensatory amounts levied on intraCommunity trade and the co-responsibility levies on cereals and milk producers and supplementary levy on milk producers. Of the estimated outturn for 1987–88 £1,333.1 million is expected to be financed from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund (EAGGF), the balance being financed from Exchequer funds. In 1986–87, £1,439–3 million was financed from EAGGF. Some of the expenditure shown above benefits consumers and trade interests rather than United Kingdom producers.