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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Answer

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much money has been paid to date by (a) the EU and (b) the UK Government to farmers as compensation for BSE; and if he will make a statement. [152164] Ms Quin: [holding answer 5 March 2001]: The information is provided in the table. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 UK EU UK EU UK EU UK EU UK slaughter programmes: BSE suspected/confirmed 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 cases compensation Calf slaughter scheme 51 0 53 0 51 0 10 -- OTMS 205 469 86 202 79 185 79.5 185.5 Selective cull{1} 0 0 115 0 19 0 1 0 Total excluding{1} 261 469 142 202 132 185 90.5 185.5 Additional EU compensation: Suckler cow premium 31 46 3 4 0 0 0 0 Beef special premium 17 26 -3 -4 0 0 0 0 Beef marketing payment 23 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 Veal marketing payment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Total 71 107 1 2 0 0 0 0 Gross total excluding{1} 332 576 143 204 132 185 90.5 185.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Not possible to provide the EU/UK split in given time Note: Final figures for 2000-2001 not available

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

364 c340W; 152164

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Compensation Cattle Inspections Diseases Disease control EU action Farmers Payments Livestock Waste disposal Slaughterhouses BSE Suckler cow premiums Beef premiums

Link

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