Common Agricultural Policy

Northern Ireland written question – answered at on 11 July 2005.

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Photo of William McCrea William McCrea Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money was spent within the delivery element of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the last year for which figures are available; and what percentage of the Department's total expenditure was accounted for by common agricultural policy payments to individual farmers.

Photo of Angela Smith Angela Smith Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

The latest financial year for which audited accounts are available is 2003–04.

It has been assumed that the delivery element represents expenditure which is not classified as administration in estimates. On this basis expenditure on the delivery element totalled £354.2 million.

Total expenditure by the Department in 2003–04 amounted to £471.2 million. The total common agricultural policy expenditure amounted to £205.8 million, giving a percentage of 43.7 per cent. The breakdown of this expenditure between individual farmers and other recipients is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

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