§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage contribution farming made to the English gross domestic product(a) before and (b) after deduction for subsidies in each of the last three years. [133232]
§ Ms QuinThe information requested is given in the table.
Agriculture's share of total gross domestic product (England) Percentage Including subsidies Excluding subsidies 1997 1.1 0.8 19981 0.9 0.7 19991 0.9 0.6 1 provisional Source:
Aggregate Agricultural Account
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many headage payments have been made for sheep in each of the last five years; and what percentage of the sheep were not marketed. [133230]
§ Ms QuinThe table shows the number of sheep in England on which headage payments were made in the last five years. Most of the sheep on which the Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance was paid would also have had Sheep Annual Premium paid on them.
1116WBoth these payments are made in respect of breeding ewes rather than on lambs. Most will therefore be kept for a number of years and we have no information on whether or not they might have been marketed in the year of claim for payment.
Million Sheep Annual Premium Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance (Sheep) 1995 8.5 3.3 1996 8.3 3.3 1997 8.2 3.3 1998 8.3 3.4 1999 8.3 3.5