asked the Minister for Agriculture (a) the amount of lime used each year since 1972, (b) the cost to the farmer of lime delivered per ton in the same period, (c) the subsidy paid by the Government per ton on lime in each year and (d) the total cost to the Exchequer of the subsidy on lime each year for this period.
Written Answers. - Use of Lime.
467.
The following is the information requested.
|
Amount Used |
Delivered Cost to Farmer |
Subsidy (Average) |
Total Cost of Subsidy |
|
|
Year-ended |
Tons/Tonnes (See footnote) |
Per ton/tonne (See footnote) |
Per ton/tonne (See footnote) |
£ |
|
£ |
£ |
|||
|
31 March 1972 |
1,693,000 |
0.95 |
0.82 |
1,390,236 |
|
31 March 1973 |
1,990,000 |
1.10 |
0.83 |
1,647,133 |
|
31 March 1974 |
1,569,400 |
1.25 |
1.04 |
1,522,238 |
|
31 March 1975 |
1,521,500 |
1.76 |
1.02 |
1,526,540 |
|
31 December 1975 |
1,567,000 |
2.36 |
1.03 |
1,701,302 |
|
31 December 1976 |
1,836,900 |
2.69 |
0.99 |
1,825,164 |
|
31 December 1977 |
1,902,600 |
2.91 |
1.04 |
1,988,638 |
|
31 December 1978 |
2,019,600 |
3.52 |
1.02 |
2,055,061 |
|
31 December 1979 |
1,587,400 |
(a) 3.93 |
1.07 |
611,134 |
|
(b) 5.00 |
— |
|||
|
(Average) |
Footnotes:
(1) Up to 1975 figures were compiled for the year from 1 April to 31 March. From 1975 they are compiled by calendar year.
(2) Up to and including 1976 the quantities and prices relate to imperial tons. From 1977 they are in metric tonnes.
(3) In 1979 the transport subsidy scheme operated only in the Western Region as defined for the purposes of Directive No. 75/268/EEC. The prices shown in the third column for that year represent the prices in the subsidised and non-subsidised areas respectively.