§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to the answer of 17 January,Official Report, columns 398–400, on administration costs, if he will provide a breakdown of the additional running costs provision for the Agriculture Departments. [17956]
§ Mr. Boswell[holding answer 27 February 1997]: Details on the additional administration provisions for the Agriculture Departments to fund BSE measures are below. The figures for MAFF include amounts for enforcement costs specified bovine material controls and research and development.
£ million 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 Intervention board 16.5 13.4 13.1 12.9 MAFF 52 2 55 3 54 4 54 1 Scottish Office 2 2 2 2 Total 70.7 70.7 69.5 69