Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will give the levels of (a) suckler cow, (b) ewe premium and (c) HLCA payments for beef and sheep per animal at cash prices and at 1997 prices for each of the last five years and his proposals for 1998-99. - Including tables. (Holding answer 16 January 1998).
Answer
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the levels of (a) suckler cow, (b) ewe premium and (c) HLCA payments for beef and sheep per animal at cash prices and at 1997 prices for each of the last five years and his proposals for 1998-99. [23483] Mr. Macdonald: [holding answer 16 January 1998]: Set out below are the levels of payment per animal under the three schemes, at cash prices and at 1997 prices, except for proposed rates for 1998-99 which are not yet known. Rates for the Sheep Annual and Suckler Cow Premium Schemes are fixed by the Commission. The 1998 rates of Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance have yet to be finalised and approved by the Commission following the 1997 Autumn Review of Economic Conditions in the Hills and Uplands. Sheep annual premium scheme (ewe premium) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rate including LFA Supplement £ Rate excluding LFA Supplement £ Cash price 1997 price Cash price 1997 price 1993 24.41 27.32 19.25 21.55 1994 22.21 24.08 16.96 18.54 1995 26.95 28.47 21.26 22.46 1996 19.04 19.64 13.66 14.09 1997 Rate not yet finalised _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Suckler cow premium scheme _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rate including extensification premium £ Rate excluding extensification premium £ Cash price 1997 Price Cash price 1997 Price 1993 93.90 105.12 65.73 73.58 1994 115.12 125.83 87.49 95.63 1995 143.04 151.10 114.43 120.88 1996 155.15 160.03 124.12 128.02 1997 -- -- 117.36 117.36 Cash price 1997 price _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rate including lower rate extensification premium £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 total 146.52 146.52 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rate including higher rate extensification premium £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 total 159.48 159.48 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Hill livestock compensatory allowance scheme _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rates Cash price 1997 price Cash price 1997 price Cash price 1997 price Cash price 1997 price Cash price 1997 price 1993 1993 1994 1994 1995 1995 1996 1996 1997 1997 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ SD: Non-HIE SQF 6.50 7.28 5.75 6.28 5,75 6.07 5.75 5.93 5.75 5.75 QF 3.60 4.03 3.00 3.28 3.00 3.17 3.00 3.09 3.00 3.00 Hill cows 63.30 70.86 47.50 51.92 47.50 50.18 47.50 48.99 97.50 97.50 SD: HIE (Highlands and Islands) SQF 7.14 7.99 6.39 6.98 6.39 6.75 6.39 6.59 6.39 6.39 QF 3.60 4.03 3.00 3.28 3.00 3.17 3.00 3.09 3.00 3.00 `A' Cows 66.35 74.27 50.55 55.25 50.55 53.40 50.55 52.14 103.76 103.76 `B' Cows 74.89 83.83 59.09 64.58 59.09 62.42 59.09 60.95 121.29 121.29 `C' Cows 79.16 88.61 63.36 69.25 63.36 66.93 63.66 65.35 121.49 121.49 Disadvantage d land Sheep 2.86 3.20 2.44 2.67 2.44 2.58 2.65 2.73 2.65 2.65 Cattle 31.65 35.43 23.75 25.96 23.75 25.09 23.75 24.50 69.75 69.75 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Key: LFA--Less favoured area SD--Severely disadvantaged land HIE--Highlands and Islands Enterprise SQF--Specially qualified flock QF--Qualified Flock `A'--Cows-Hill Cattle maintained on `A' graded land `B'--Cows-Hill Cattle maintained on `B' graded land `C'--Cows-Hill Cattle maintained on `C' graded land.