Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Intervention Board : BSE, the cost of a crisis report / by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

  • Great Britain. National Audit Office.
Date:
1998
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Credit: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Intervention Board : BSE, the cost of a crisis report / by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Expenditure on schemes in response to the BSE crisis BSE: The Cost of a Crisis these activities. Cattle suspected of having BSE were slaughtered and destroyed. From August 1988 to February 1990 (November 1988 to May 1990 in Northern Ireland) farmers were paid compensation at 50 per cent of the market value for confirmed cases. Since February 1990 (May 1990 in Northern Ireland) all cases have received 100 per cent compensation. EEF] [n 1996-97, some £1.5 billion was spent in support of the beef industry, of which some £0.8 billion was eligible for reimbursement by the European Union subject to compliance with European regulations. Figure 6 indicates the main elements of expenditure on related schemes in 1996-97 and forecasts for the following three years. The largest scheme is the Over Thirty Month Scheme, which cost some £860 million in 1996-97. In addition to those shown, there are costs relating to storage and transport of material including the conversion of storage facilities and the trials of incineration plants. The likely costs of incineration are yet to be determined. There are also administrative costs including staffing which are not easily quantifiable but which may be in the region of £70 million a year. Figure 6 Expenditure 1996-97 1997-00 estimated £m £m New Schemes Slaughter Schemes Over Thirty Month 858 1,064 Calf Processing Aid Sil 158 Selective Cull 0 oo Short Term Market Support Beef Marketing 58 @) Slaughter Industry (Emergency Aid) 81 5 Rendering Industry 87 70 Other Beef and Beef Products (Storage and Disposal Services) 1 z Feed Recall 0 1 Hide Industry 4 2 Beef Assurance 1 1 Existing Schemes Additional expenditure Beef Special and Suckler Cow Premium Top Ups 120 8 Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances 60 0 Purchases into Intervention 170 442 Total 1,491 1,909 |S ek SSG SA PS EE BUT EE SO TY