HC Deb 06 February 1987 vol 109 cc845-6W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the percentage of EEC funding devoted to agriculture and surplus management, respectively, on the same basis as the table set out in the Official Report, column 259, 21 June 1985; and if he will include in the table the estimate for 1987.

Mr. Jopling

The information requested is set out in the following table:

Year CAP expenditure as percentage of total EC expenditure Food storage and disposal costs1 as percentage of total EC expenditure
1973 82.4 57.7
1974 75.4 40.4
1975 78.1 40.0
1976 76.6 49.9
1977 74.3 48.1
1978 79.2 55.3
1979 75.7 56.9
1980 73.3 55.8
1981 65.1 48.5
1982 64.0 45.8
1983 68.4 47.4
1984 69.4 50.5
1985 73.1 52.4
1986 65.7 47.7
1987 67.2 48.4
1 Expenditure from the guarantee section of the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund on export refunds, internal sale subsidies, public intervention and private storage aids for all commodities, whether or not in surplus.

Sources:

1973–1985 EAGGF Financial Reports and EC Court of Auditors' reports.

1986 budget.

1987 draft budget.

For 1973–78 the sources are not fully compatible and the figures for these years are only aproximate.