MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Annual Report and Accounts 1998-99
NOTES TO
THE ACCOUNTS
22. Operating Commitments
Under various Grants and Subsidies schemes the
Ministry is committed to making payments to the farming community
for up to 10 years as long as the claimants abide by the rules
of the scheme under which they have claimed. Operating Commitments
at 31 March 1996 for which no provision has been made in these
accounts were as follows:
|
| 1998-99 | 1997-98
|
| £000 | £000
|
|
| Within 1 year | 43,268 |
|
| Between 1 and 5 years | 177,196
| |
| Over 5 years | 149,560 |
|
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