Question
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much public money was spent to support beef farming in the last year for which figures are available. - Inc fig.
Answer
Mr. Davidson: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much public money was spent to support beef farming in the last year for which figures are available. [21757] Mr. Rooker: Financial support (both direct and indirect) to beef farming made by the Agriculture Departments and the Intervention Board during the financial year 1996-97 amounted to £2,091.3 million. This was made up as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million Non-BSE related Suckler Cow Premium Scheme 278.2 Beef Special Premium Scheme 252.6 Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances{1} 112.0 Other 0.5 Total (Non-BSE related) 643.3 BSE-related Intervention 169.7 Export refunds -0.3 Over Thirty Months Scheme 857.4 Clean Beef Top Up Payments 4.2 Calf Processing Aid Scheme 51.4 Beef Stocks Transfer Scheme 50.9 Beef and Beef Products (disposal service) 0.9 Rendering Industry Support 96.1 Slaughter Industry Support 29.9 Animal Feed Disposal Service 0.3 Suckler Cow Special Payments 77.3 Beef Special Premium Special Payments 42.6 Beef Marketing Payment Scheme 58.2 Other Measures 9.4 Total (BSE-related) 1,448 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Financial year expenditure not available. This figure is for the 1997 Scheme year expenditure.