asked the Minister for Finance the amount of State aid to agriculture in each year since 1970.
Written Answers. - State Aid to Agriculture.
258.
The information requested is set out in the table hereunder. The figures include all grants and subsidies together with appropriate administration costs such as salaries of agricultural advisers etc., and are net of all appropriations-in-aid including receipts from the European Communities. The 1981 figures take account of the measures announced in the 1981 budget.
State Aid to Agriculture 1970/1-1981 (£ million)
|
1970/1 |
1971/2 |
1972/3 |
1973/4 |
1974 9 mths |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 provisional |
1981 estimate |
|
94.2 |
107.1 |
112.9 |
89.0 |
69.3 |
108.6 |
129.4 |
156.1 |
170.1 |
177.3 |
227.5 |
245.9 |