HC Deb 28 November 1990 vol 181 cc437-8W
Mr. Gill

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

Mr. Curry

Details are given in the 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)
(i)EXPENDITURE BY THE INTERVENTION BOARD—EXECUTIVE AGENCY
Cereals 120.6 274.4
Oilseeds 187.0 211.0
Sugar 104.0 109.0
Beef and Veal 63.8 364.7
Sheepmeat 78.6 56.0
Pigmeat 2.6 6.3
Milk Products 92.9 200.0
Processed Goods 38.5 45.3
Others 46.7 49.9
Total 734.7 1,316.6
(ii) EXPENDITURE BY THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENTS
£ million
1989–90 (Actual Outturn) 1990–91 (Forecast Outturn)
Repayment of cereals levies 24.2 22.8
Suckler Cow Premium Scheme 61.8 70.8
Annual Premium on Ewes 114.9 189.3
Payments to producers giving up some milk production 65.2 59.7
Beef Special Premium Scheme (Northern Ireland) 11.6 5.8
Total 277.7 348.4
Grand Total 1,012.4 1,665.0

Some of the expenditure shown above benefits consumers and trade interests rather than United Kingdom producers.

The figures for the Intervention Board-Executive Agency are net of various receipts treated as negative expenditure. Receipts from levies on the production and storage of sugar and isoglucose and on third country exports, which are regarded as Community Own Resources, are excluded.

Of the estimated outturn for 1990–91, £1,501 million is expected to be financed from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF); in 1989–90, £1,137 million was thus financed. However, because the United Kingdom is a net contributor to the European Community budget, the whole of this expenditure is attributable to the Exchequer. Receipts from the European Community do not always relate to expenditure in the period.