§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report, a revised table bringing up to date the information on annual expenditure under the common agricultural policy as given in his written answer dated 14 May 1986, Official Report, columns 481–82; and if he will provide estimates for 1986 and a forecast for 1987.
§ Mr. JoplingThe information requested is set out in the following table:
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CAP Expenditure2 Year on year increase in real terms CAP expenditure as a percentage of total EC expenditure United Kingdom receipts under the CAP2 mecu £ million1 per cent. per cent. £ million 1973 3,085 1,912 — 82 63 1974 3,230 1,647 -24 75 112 1975 4,708 2,637 +27 78 347 1976 5,796 3,603 +11 77 213 1977 7,123 4,657 +12 74 174 1978 9,000 5,974 +17 79 318 1979 10,880 7,064 +11 76 384 1980 11,943 7,232 -1 73 569 1981 11,581 6,449 -12 65 666 1982 13,077 7,294 +3 64 756 1983 16,637 9,759 +18 68 1,085 1984 19,093 11,150 +9 69 1,310 1985 20,549 12,084 +2 73 1,187 1986 23,104 14,350 +6 66 1,345 1987 24,152 15,468 +1 67 n/a Sources: 1973–85 EC Court of Auditors reports, EC Commission EAGGF Financial Reports. 1986 Budget, MAFF estimates. 1987 Draft Budget. GDP deflators from EC Commission. 1 Conversion rate to sterling at the average rate for the EAGGF Guarantee section each year except 1986 and 1987, for which the budget rate has been used. 2 Figures in ecus for expenditure under the CAP funded outside the EAGGF are not available for the years 1973–77. Figures for the United Kingdom receipts of this expenditure are also not available for all years. However, in both cases the amounts are negligible.