§ Mr. Aspinwallasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the average farm income for member states of the EEC for the latest year for which figures are available; and what the comparable figures have been over the previous three years.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe estimated average family farm income for member states of the EC for 1984–85 (provisional) and for the three previous years are shown below :
('000 ECU per farm) Country 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–851 Belgium 21.3 24.2 24.7 23.2 Denmark 7.9 10.3 7.3 14.5 France 11.2 13.9 11.9 12.6 Germany 7.4 10.7 9.1 11.7 Greece 5.8 7.3 6.4 8.0 Netherlands 23.7 25.3 28.0 26.2 Ireland 9.4 10.6 10.6 11.2 Italy 8.1 9.3 10.8 11.5 Luxembourg 17.8 22.3 16.6 18.6 United Kingdom 17.0 20.4 23.3 21.8 EUR 10 9.7 11.8 11.8 12.7 1 Provisional. Source: EC Farm Accountancy Data Network.