§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the total value of approved payments to Wiltshire farmers for(a) the 1998 calendar year and (b) the 1989–99 financial year; and if he will list by value
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Price (1) The rates for the purchase of intervention commodities for the 1999 marketing year are: Beef euro 3,475 per tonne (this is the intervention price but the maximum buying in price is determined by reference to market prices and tenders submitted) Cereals euro 119.5 per tonne (rising by monthly increments between November and May to a maximum of euro 126.9 per tonne) Dairy: Butter euro 2,953.8 per tonne (maximum buying in price—amount paid dependent on tender) Skimmed Milk Powder euro 2,055.2 per tonne (2) The rates for Private Storage Aid are: Pigmeat euro 463 per tonne (maximum) Sheepmeat euro 1,400 per tonne (3) In addition farmers also benefit indirectly from the following trader-based schemes designed to support the agriculture market Liquid Skimmed Milk for Stockfeed euro 58 per tonne Skimmed Milk Powder for Animal Feed euro 715.1 per tonne School Milk Subsidy: (wholemilk) euro 29.44 per 100kg (Skimmed Milk) euro 18.58 per 100 kg Casein Production Subsidy euro 6.42 per 100kg of Skimmed Milk NPO Butter euro 105 per 100kg Butter for Manufacture rate of aid varies depending on fat content of butter Aid rate for 80% fat butter between euro 880–920 per tonne 82% fat butter euro 910–950 per tonne Cream euro 380–400 per tonne Flax euro 815.86 per HA Hemp euro 662.88 per HA Dehydrated Fodder euro 68.83 per tonne Fruit and Vegetable Withdrawals: Cauliflowers euro 8.38 per 100kg Apples euro 9.94 per 100kg Pears euro 9.46 per 100kg to Wiltshire farmers CAP schemes supporting market prices but which do not involve payments made directly to them. [102899]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 20 December 1999]: The total value of approved payments to Wiltshire farmers for the 1998 calendar year and the 1998–99 financial year is as follows:
CAP schemes supporting market prices which benefit UK farmers but do not involve payments made directly to them are as follows. It is not possible to record the impact of these support measures on a county basis.157W
£000 1998 Calendar 1998–99 Financial Arable Area Payments Scheme 32,116 32,700 Environmentally Sensitive Area 309 376 Sheep Annual Premium Scheme 1,400 1,348 Suckler Cow Premium Scheme 2,254 2,288 Farm Woodland Premium Scheme 180 181 Farm Woodland Scheme 75 75 Organic Aid Scheme 116 140 Nitrate Sensitive Area 42 42 Countryside Stewardship Scheme 612 576 Habitat 156 156 Countryside Access Scheme 2 2 Beef Special Premium Scheme 3,572 3,661 40,834 41,545
Price Fruit and Vegetable Operational Programme Assistance is payable at 50 per cent. of actual approved expenditure, subject to an annual ceiling set between 2.5–4.5 per cent. of the producer organisation's marketed production Starch euro 52.66 per tonne Grape Must: British Wine euro 0.2379 per kg Home Wine Kits euro 0.3103 per kg Hops euro 480/hectare Seeds Cereals Range euro 14.37–17.27 per Quintal Oilseeds Range euro 20.53–28.38 per Quintal Grasses Range euro 19.20–83.56 per Quintal Leguminous Plants Range euro 75.11 per Quintal Sugar in Chemical Industry euro 459.16 per tonne Sugar Storage Costs euro 3.30 per tonne Cane Refining Scheme euro 29.20 per tonne Note:
All rates are paid in £ sterling using the Euro Conversion Rate (ECR) in force on the operative date