§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the net cost to the United Kingdom for each of the last three years of the common agricultural policy.
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Mecu1 Belgium Denmark Germany Greece Spain France Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal United Kingdom Cereals Storage/financing costs 1.7 10.9 134.9 9.0 23.3 55.1 1.3 48.7 2.. 0.2 — 33.7 Losses on sale 12.0 60.8 744.0 -20.9 99.9 235.6 8.7 336.5 0.1 1.3 — 225.2 Sugar Private storage 23.5 12.6 102.7 2.5 18.1 133.5 5.8 62.9 — 40.0 0.9 27.1 Public storage — — — — — — — 0.8 — — — — Olive oil Storage costs — — — — 43.6 — — 24.3 — — 1.2 — Losses on sale — — — — 2.0 — — 15.9 — — -1.0 — Oilseeds Storage costs — — 2.. — 1.8 0.9 — — — — -0.1 —0.2 Wine and grape must Private storage — — 0.5 4.3 15.5 30.1 — 35.1 — — — — Wine/alcohol Intervention costs — — — 0.1 85.5 175.1 — 185.6 — — — — Depreciation of stocks — — — — 46.9 33.7 — 65.1 — — — —
§ Mr. Donald Thompson[holding answer 30 January 1989]: Public expenditure in the United Kingdom under the Common Agricultural Policy in the last three years has been as follows:—
Year £ million 1986–87 1,400 1987–88 1,610 1988–89 11,470 1 Forecast. These figures include all expenditure under Community market support and structural aid schemes for agriculture, but exclude related expenditure such as national aid schemes, disease prevention, advice, research and development and administration.
This expenditure is funded entirely by the United Kingdom, either directly or indirectly through the Community budget. In addition, the Exchequer supports spending under the CAP elsewhere in the Community through our net contribution to the EC budget, which in the same three years is estimated at £1,079 million, £1,164 million and £950 million. Over that period CAP spending has made up over two thirds of the EC budget.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he has about the cost of common agricultural policy intervention buying and storage during 1988 in each of the European Economic Community member states and for each commodity for which an intervention regime exists.
§ Mr. Donald Thompson[holding answer 30 January 1989]: Provisional figures for 1988 Community expenditure on private storage (sugar, wine and grape must, butter, beef, sheepmeat and pigmeat) and on public intervention (cereals, sugar, olive oil, oilseeds, wine alcohol, tobacco, skimmed milk powder, butter and beef, are given in the table.
The purchase of stock into public intervention is funded by the member states, which are reimbursed by the Community for storage in addition, for the first time in 1988, there was significant expenditure on depreciation of newly-farmed stocks (cereals, alcohol, tobacco, butter and beef) under arrangements agreed by the European Council in February 1988.
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Belgium Denmark Germany Greece Spain France Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal United Kingdom Tobacco Storage/financing costs — — — 8.3 — 0.2 — 2.9 — — — — Losses on sale/depreciation of stocks — — — 11.2 — 0.1 — 5.0 — — — — Skimmed milk powder Storage/financing costs 2.. 0.1 45.6 0.3 1.6 — 2.. — — — — 0.2 Losses on sale 2.. -0.3 -54.5 1-.5 -0.7 — -0.4 2 — — — -0.8 Butter Private storage 8.9 0.2 11 .3 — — 12.5 5.4 0.5 0.1 12.5 — 2.1 Storage/financing costs 5.8 2.2 89.3 — 6.6 39.5 48.3 4.7 0.1 68.8 — 64.4 Losses on sale/depreciation of stocks 8.9 19.2 243.4 — 29.2 171.7 34.1 .45.5 — 86.0 — 84.1 Beef Private storage 0.8 0.9 15.4 — — 2.7 31.0 5.7 — 1.5 — 2.2 Storage/financing costs 3.0 11.2 66.9 — 6.6 76.0 46.9 34.0 — 14.8 — 19.6 Losses on sale/depreciation of stocks 8.4 43.9 262.6 2.. 14.4 298.6 206.0 108.4 2.. 61.1 — 89.5 Sheep/goals Private storage — — — — 0.8 — — — — — — — Pigmeat Private storage 6.8 8.9 7.0 — 2.6 2.6 0.1 7.7 — 7.1 — 0.4 1 1 mecu is approximately £670,000. 2.. less than 0.05.