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Non-departmental Public Bodies
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 22 June 2000, Official Report, column 295W, how much of the expenditure of each of the non-departmental public bodies listed in his answer came from his departmental budget in (a) each of the last three years and (b) the current financial year; and how much is planned in each of the next three years. [131353]
Mr. Nick Brown [holding answer 18 July 2000]: The information which the hon. Member requested regarding my Department's non-departmental public bodies is as follows:
- Allocations for 2001-02 to 2003-04 have not yet been agreed by the Management Board resulting in the requested information for future years not yet being available.
- Executive non-departmental public bodies
- Agriculture Wages Board and Agriculture Wages Committees
- (a) All
- (b) All
- Apple and Pear Research Council
- (a) None
- (b) None
- British Potato Council
- (a) 1997-98: £95,000
- 1998-99: £95,000
- 1999-2000: £95,000
- (b) 2000-01: £95,000
- Food from Britain
- (a) 1997-98: £4,918,000
- 1998-99: £5,282,000
- 1999-2000: £4,986,000
- (b) 2000-01: £5,392,000
- Home-Grown Cereals Authority
- (a) 1997-98: £142,070
- 1998-99: £142,070
- 1999-2000: £147,070
- (b) 2000-01: £137,070
- Horticultural Development Council
- (a) None
- (b) None
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- Horticulture Research International
- (a) 1997-98: £12,302,000
- 1998-99: £12,348,000
- 1999-2000: £11,407,000
- (b) 2000-01: £10,000,000 1
- Meat and Livestock Commission
- (a) 1997-98: £289,000
- 1998-99: £278,000
- 1999-2000: £291,000
- (b) 2000-01: £283,000
- Milk Development Council
- (a) None
- (b) None
- Regional Flood Defence Committees
- The fees and expenses of the Regional Flood Defence Committees' Chairmen and Members are budgeted for, and paid by, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- (a) 1997-98: £20,951,000
- 1998-99: £17,551,000
- 1999-2000: £17,219,000
- (b) 2000-01: £15,735,000
- Sea Fish Industry Authority
- (a) 1997-98: £296,000
- 1998-99: £271,000
- 1999-2000: £225,000
- (b) 2000-01: £250,000
- United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards (UKROFS)
- (a) All
- (b) All
- Wine Standards Board of the Vintners' Company
- (a) 1997-98: £371,115
- 1998-99: £371,191
- 1999-2000: £375,408
- (b) 2000-01: £379,000
- Public Corporations
- Covent Garden Market Authority
- (a) None
- (b) None
- Advisory non-departmental public bodies
- Advisory Committee on Pesticides
- Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committee
- Consumers' Committee for Great Britain (expenditure in 1997-98 only)
- Farm Animal Welfare Council
- Hill Farming Advisory Committee
- (a) All
- (b) All
- Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee
- (a) 1997-98: £56,000
- 1998-99: £71,000
- 1999-2000: £71,000
- (b) 2000-01: £71,000
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- Veterinary Products Committee
- (a) 1997-98: Nil
- 1998-99: £20,000
- 1999-2000: £84,000
- (b) 2000-01: £56,000
- Tribunals
- Agricultural Land Tribunals
- (a) All
- (b) All
- 1 Provisional.
Ministerial Duty Roster
Mr. Moss: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the daily ministerial duty roster for his Department during the Summer Adjournment. [133279]
Mr. Nick Brown [holding answer 28 July 2000]: It is not normal Government practice to publish the daily ministerial duty roster. However, with the exception of
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two days, I was on duty throughout the summer, dealing with classical swine fever and later, the Government response to the Phillips inquiry and other departmental business. The other Ministers in the Department each took a full share of the summer duty roster.
Capital Modernisation Fund
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reconcile his answers of 18 May 2000, Official Report, columns 269-72W, concerning his Department's applications to the Capital Modernisation Fund, and 5 May 2000, Official Report, column 246W, concerning the funding of the European Centre for Organic Fruit and Nursery Stock. [130809]
Mr. Nick Brown [holding answer 17 July 2000]: Unfortunately, due to an administrative error, information about the Department's applications under round 2 of the Capital Modernisation Fund (including the European Centre for Organic Top Fruit and Nursery Stock) was omitted from my reply of 18 May.
The missing information is as follows:
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| Application | Purpose | Intended Recipients(1) | Financial value £000 | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 2 | ||||
| National Flood and Coastal Defence database | To provide electronic database to store, manipulate and present information on flood and coastal defence risks, assets and associated habitats, supported by and available to all operating authorities in England and Wales | Environment Agency | 4,000 | Unsuccessful |
| European Centre for Organic Top Fruit and Nursery Stock | To create a centre of excellence to develop a deeper scientific basis for organics and to disseminate it effectively across organic sector from growers to consumers | Horticulture Research International, East Malling, Kent | 2,261 | Successful |
| TSE Research Surveillance project | Capital money for new facilities to enable SEAC Sub-group recommendations on sheep to be met | MAFF | 13,900 | Successful |
(10) Reflects initial allocation of funding
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Departmental Farms
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the farms that form his Estate of Farms, indicating for each (a) the projects undertaken, (b) the operator of the farm, (c) the acreage, (d) the grade of the land, (e) the number of his Department's employees employed on the farm, (f) how long it has been in his Department's ownership and (g) the dates on which (i) he and (ii) other Ministers from his Department have visited the farms. [132441]
Mr. Nick Brown [holding answer 25 July 2000]: The information requested has been placed in the Library of the House.
Quangos
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the annual budget of each quango currently sponsored by his Department in each of the last three years, broken down by source of funding. [130806]
Mr. Nick Brown [holding answer 17 July 2000]: The information requested regarding my Department's non-departmental public bodies is being placed in the Library of the House.
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Expenditure
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown of the annually managed expenditure line in the 2000 Spending Review, listing the items of expenditure previously included in the departmental expenditure limits of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Intervention Board and the Forestry Commission or otherwise managed by his Department. [134012]
Mr. Nick Brown [holding answer 23 October 2000]: The annually managed expenditure provisions agreed in the 2000 Spending Review for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Forestry Commission and the Intervention Board are as follows. Only the Intervention Board has reclassified as annually managed expenditure some items previously included in its departmental expenditure limit. The items are analysed below the main table.
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| 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTMS-Compensation | 285.7 | 268.5 | 261.5 |
| Beef Intervention | 11.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| Beef Export Refunds | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Total | 298.7 | 278.0 | 271.1 |
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which items of the Intervention Board departmental expenditure limit and annually managed expenditure on the Common Agricultural Policy are determined by the (a) European Union and (b) Government. [134014]
Mr. Nick Brown [holding answer 23 October 2000]: The Intervention Board's Departmental Expenditure Limit consists of administration expenditure and BSE related programme expenditure. The latter includes compensation under the Over Thirty Months Scheme and all associated incidental/disposal costs. The Intervention Board's Annually Managed Expenditure is non-BSE related programme expenditure. This includes intervention buying, other internal market measures and EU refunds on export trade with non-member countries. All programme- related expenditure derives directly from EU legislation and is largely EU funded. The administration expenditure is Exchequer funded and in large measure is demand-led according to the levels of CAP market support activity.
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Intervention Board and Forestry Commission departmental expenditure limits given for the years 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 in the 2000 MAFF Department report have been re-allocated to other years as a result of the shift to resource budgeting. [134015]
Mr. Nick Brown [holding answer 23 October 2000]: The departmental expenditure limits (DEL) quoted in the 2000 Department Report for the years 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 are all in cash terms. There has been no re-allocation of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Intervention Board DEL as a result of the shift to resource budgeting. As a result of accruals timing adjustments over the three years the Forestry Commission DEL is less than the respective cash provisions shown in the Departmental Report by 0.6 per cent., 2.2 per cent. and 1.7 per cent.
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Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which expenditure items previously included in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Intervention Board and the Forestry Commission departmental expenditure limits are accounted for as annually managed expenditure. [134011]
Mr. Nick Brown [holding answer 23 October 2000]: Only the Intervention Board has reclassified as annually managed expenditure certain items previously included in its departmental expenditure limit. These are beef intervention, beef export refunds and remnant payments on schemes that have ended, such as the Calf Processing Aid Scheme, Beef Stocks Transfer Scheme and Aid to the Rendering Industry. As part of the 2000 Spending Review settlement the compensation payments on the Over Thirty Months Scheme will transfer into annually managed expenditure with effect from 1 April 2001.
| 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTMS--Compensation | 285.7 | 268.5 | 261.5 |
| Beef Intervention | 11.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| Beef Export Refunds | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Total | 298.7 | 278.0 | 271.1 |
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a detailed reconciliation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Intervention Board and Forestry Commission departmental expenditure limits set out in the 2000 Budget, the 2000 MAFF Departmental report, the 2000 Spending Review and the 1998 Spending Review. [134008]
Mr. Nick Brown [holding answer 23 October 2000]: The relevant total MAFF, Intervention Board (IB) and Forestry Commission (FC) departmental expenditure limits are as follows:
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 1998 Spending Review | 1,344 | 1,265 | 1,303 |
| 2. Budget 2000 | 1,415 | 1,215 | 1,186 |
| 3. 2000 Departmental Report | 1,417 | 1,215 | 1,186 |
| 4. 2000 Spending Review | -- | -- | 1,258 |
Changes in the 1999-2000 figures between positions 1 and 2 reflect the Supplementary Estimates and the transfer of the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) from MAFF to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Changes in the 1999-2000 figures between positions 1 and 3 reflect the Supplementary Estimates but not the transfer of the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Changes in the 2000-01 figures between positions 1 and 2 reflect the transfer of the MHS and the Joint Food Standards and Safety Group from MAFF to the FSA; take-up of funding for the support package which I announced on 20 September 1999; the transfer of receipts from the sale of Covent Garden Market into 2001-02;
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the take-up of funding for a Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) surveillance programme; and a redefinition of the BSE envelope.
Changes in the 2001-02 figures between positions 1 and 2 reflect the same changes as for the 2000-01 figures. Changes between positions 3 and 4 reflect Cash to Resource adjustments for Capital Charges; Non-Departmental Public Body/Public Corporation adjustments; a further redefinition of the BSE envelope; the transfer of OTMS funding from DEL to AME; and additional funding secured under the 2000 Spending Reviews.
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