§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her estimate is 65W of the total financial support from public funds for (a) United Kingdom and (b) English agriculture (i) directly and (ii) indirectly in each year since 1990–91. [12808]
§ Mr. MorleyThe table provided gives estimates of(a) expenditure on CAP market support measures and (b) direct payments to the agricultural sector in the UK from 1990–91 to 2000–01. Equivalent data for England could be provided only at disproportionate cost. In any case, expenditure on market support measures, eg export refunds and intervention stock costs, could not be meaningfully allocated to particular regions.
£ million Of which: Total public expenditure on agriculture in the UK Expenditure on CAP market support measures Expenditure on direct payments to the agriculture sector 1990–91 1,910 1,262 647 1991–92 1,959 1,183 776 1992–93 2,003 1,050 953 1993–94 2,869 1,076 1,792 1994–95 2,512 454 2,058 1995–96 2,897 457 2,440 1996–97 4,318 1,621 2,697 1997–98 3,583 1,281 2,302 1998–99 3,482 1,013 2,469 1999–2000 3,161 710 2,451 2000–01(f) 3,182 761 2,421