HC Deb 28 July 1988 vol 138 c388W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the total cost of EEC/Exchequer support for United Kingdom agriculture per acre of arable crops and per head of cattle, sheep and pigs.

Mr. Donald Thompson

Expenditure in the United Kingdom on market regulation under the CAP (excluding structural measures) in 1987–88 was:

Expenditure
Arable crops1 £87/ha
Cattle £50/head
Sheep £7/head
Pigs2 -£0.2/head
1 Excludes grasses more than four years old and rough grazing.
2 Receipts from MCA levies on exports of pigmeat exceed expenditure.

Source: "Annual Review of Agriculture 1988" (Cm. 299)—tables 3 and 34.