§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will express the figures relating to cereals co-responsibility levy payments in his answer of 18 July,Official Report, columns 97–98, in pounds sterling.
§ Mr. CurryThe figures can be expressed in £ sterling as follows:
1986–87 Amount of levy collected in £ million Levy collected divided by tonnes of national production Belgium 13.39 5.82 Denmark 6.97 0.87 Germany 50.34 1.97 Greece 2.81 0.53 France 58.20 1.16 Ireland 3.43 1.91 Italy 25.37 1.43 Luxembourg 0.23 4.60 Netherlands 11.71 9.01 Spain 17.75 1.10 United Kingdom 39.40 1.61
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1987–88 Amount of levy collected in £ million Belgium 12.48 Denmark 10.12 Germany 56.31 Greece 7.14 France 175.05 Ireland 4.49 Italy 29.49 Luxembourg 0.26 Netherlands 15.96 Spain 27.62 United Kingdom 56.20 These sums have been obtained by taking the average of Eurostat's monthly market exchange rates for each national currency, using a 12-month average for 1986–87 and a 13-month average for 1987–88. They do not, however, accurately reflect levy payment in the member states concerned because levy is not paid evenly throughout the course of the year. Information is not available on the monthly pattern of levy payments. This is why the figures originally provided were in national currency terms.