asked the Minister for Agriculture the amount of subsidy paid on each of the following items in (i) January, 1977 and (ii) January, 1981: one lb of butter, one pint of milk and one lb of cheese and the total cost of subsidies on each item to the Exchequer for the years 1977 and 1980.
Written Answers. - Food Subsidies.
338.
The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:
|
Commodity |
Rate of Subsidy |
Total expenditure in year£ |
Exchequer expenditure in year£ |
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|
Total |
Exchequer funded |
EEC funded |
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|
January 1977 |
1977 |
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|
Butter |
14.4661p/lb |
9.7647p/lb |
4.7014p/lb |
19,498,798 |
14,067,612 |
|
Milk |
2.14375p/pint |
2.14375p/pint |
— |
21,327,671 |
21,327,671 |
|
Cheese* |
— |
— |
— |
964,176* |
964,176* |
|
January 1981 |
1980 |
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|
Butter |
26.7660p/lb |
11.8138p/lb |
14.9522p/lb |
23,958,603 |
10,605,723 |
|
Milk |
1.46875p/pint |
1.46875p/pint |
— |
12,334,298 |
12,334,298 |
|
Cheese |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
*The cheese subsidy which was financed totally from Exchequer funds was operative between 1 April 1977 and 16 January 1978. The subsidy was introduced at rates of 3.05p — 4.28p/lb depending on the type of cheese. It was increased in June 1977 to 5.58 — 7.81p/lb and again in July 1977 to 7.23 — 10.13p/lb.