§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the amount spent in each of the last 10 years in supporting British agriculture both in(a) direct and (b) indirect expenditure, in both cash and real terms.
§ Mr. GummerDetails of direct agriculture support, including national grants and subsidies, in the United Kingdom for the 10 years from 1980–81 are given in the table:
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Financial Year Cash terms (£ million) Real terms (£ million) (1989–90 baseline) 1980–81 1,012 1,715 1981–82 972 1,502 1982–83 1,433 2,068 1983–84 1,729 2,385 1984–85 1,712 2,247 1985–86 2,165 2,693 1986–87 1,449 1,744 1987–88 1,630 1,861 1988–89 1,380 1,467 1989–90 1,258 1,258 11990–91 1,958 21,843 1 forecast
2 using estimated deflator
Sources: 1980–81 to 1985–86—Annual Review White Papers.
1986–87 to 1990–91—Agriculture in the United Kingdom
Over the period 1988–90, expenditure under the CAP fell due to favourable world and EC market conditions.
Various items could be seen as offering indirect support. Details of all expenditure of each of the agriculture Departments appear in the supply estimate and appropriation accounts which are in the Library of the House. Those for this Department are published in class III.