HC Deb 14 November 2001 vol 374 c817W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the income of the United Kingdom Agriculture industry was that derived from(a) EU common agricultural policy funds, including intervention sales, (b) UK funds and product sales, and (c) other sources, expressed in (i) cash and (ii) percentage terms, in the last 12 months. [12881]

Mr. Morley

Estimates of the revenue to the agricultural industry broken down by source for the calendar year 2000 are given in the table.

Revenue to the UK industry in the year 2000
£ million Percentage
Total revenue1 15,587 100
of which:
CAP support—EU funded2 2,432 16
UK Exchequer funding3 144 1
Product sales4 11,613 75
Taxes -103 -1
Other sources5 1,501 10
1 Gross output at basic prices plus other subsidies less taxes on

production

2 Excludes indirect market support such as intervention purchases

but includes payments for over-30-month scheme

3 Includes CAP support measures funded by UK Exchequer
4 Includes the effects of indirect market support which cost

£497 million in 2000–01

5 Includes transactions between farms and revenue from non-

agricultural activities on the farm

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