§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether the guidance mechanism for FEOGA grants has been triggered with Wales in the current financial year.
§ Mr. RedwoodReimbursement of expenditure by the Welsh Office is made, usually a year in arrears, from the guidance section of the European agriculture guidance and guarantee fund on receipt of claims from the Welsh Office for the relevant calendar year.
Schemes that attract reimbursement in this way, and the proportion of expenditure reimbursed by FEOGA, are as follows:
Hill livestock compensatory allowances, up to 25 per cent. reimbursed.Capital grants (mainly the farm and conservation grant scheme), up to 25 per cent. reimbursed.477WReceipts of £6.122 million are anticipated in 1994–95 in respect of expenditure incurred on these schemes in the calendar year 1993.The marketing and processing projects scheme and grants for the restructuring of the inshore fishing industry are 100 per cent. reimbursed in-year. Total expenditure on these schemes in 1993–94 is planned to be £0.981 million.