HC Deb 28 November 1990 vol 181 cc438-9W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of expenditure in 1989–90 and 1990–91 by the Agriculture Departments on agricultural grants and subsidies excluding market regulation under the common agricultural policy.

Mr. Curry

Details are given in the following table of the outturn for 1989–90 and the latest forecast of outturn for 1990–91.

£ million
1989–90 (Actual outturn) 1990–91 (Forecast outturn)
Price guarantees
Potatoes — —
Wool 2.9 22.0
Assistance to the egg industry 0.1 —
TOTAL 3.0 22.0
Support for capital and other improvements
Farm and conservation grant scheme (EC) 0.4 4.8
Agriculture improvement scheme (EC) 24.0 18.7
Agriculture and horticulture development scheme 15.1 12.3
Farm structures 0.3 0.2
Agriculture and horticulture grant scheme 0.1 —
Agriculture improvement scheme (National) 7.2 1.3
Northern Ireland agricultural development programme 2.6 4.3
Farm woodland scheme 0.3 1.3
Farm and conservation grant scheme (National) 11.5 31.6
Guidance premiums 0.3 0.1
Farm accounts 0.2 0.2
Environmentally sensitive areas 8.6 10.6
TOTAL 70.4 85.4
£ million
1989.90 (Actual outturn) 1990.91 (Forecast outturn)
Support for agriculture in special areas
Hill livestock compensatory allowances 122.4 127.6
Additional benefit under AHDS, NIADP, AHGS, AIS(EC), AIS (National), FCGS (EC) and FCGS (National) 20.1 19.6
Others 8.1 7.0
TOTAL 150.6 154.2
Other payments
Set-aside scheme 9.8 21.6
Milk outgoers scheme 4.7 0.7
Crofting building grants and loans (net) 2.7 3.2
Sheep compensation scheme 1986 0.4 0.3
Storm damage recovery scheme 1987 0.1 —
Cooperation grants 1.2 1.7
Farm diversification:
Capital grants 2.3 4.2
Marketing and feasibility grants — 0.4
Pilot nitrate sensitive areas scheme — 0.3
Other 0.2 0.4
TOTAL 21.4 32.8
GRAND TOTAL 245.4 294.4

Some of this expenditure attracts contributions from the European Community. These are mainly received in the following year. In 1990–91, £60 million is expected to be received from the fund compared with £53 million in 1989–90.

The individual figures may not add up to the totals shown due to roundings.