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Farm subsidies in United Kingdom: summary

The United Kingdom data consists of separate data provided by authorities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Authorities in England first released data in March 2005. Soon after, Northern Ireland released data. Scotland and Wales followed in 2006. The quality and detail of data varies from country to country and this makes UK-wide comparisons almost impossible.

Amount: GBP 8 434 169 880
Payments: 535 083
Recipients: 302 837
Years: 2002-2003 - 2006-2007
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United Kingdom scores 36% in farmsubsidy.org's transparency league table

United Kingdom: Snapshot Statistics (2006)Rank*
Total CAP spending in EU:€49 799 million (€108 per citizen)
United Kingdom national budget contribution to CAP:€5 606 million (€96 per citizen)4th (13th)
Total CAP spending in United Kingdom:€4 308 million (€74 per citizen)5th (18th)
Net budgetary gain or loss:-€1 298 million (-€22 per citizen)22nd (17th)
Total direct aid to farmers:€3 521 million5th
Average direct aid payment per farm:€12 2675th
Average direct aid per farm worker:€9 2364th
Average direct aid per hectare of farmland:€21012th
Proportion of farm payments going to top ten per cent of recipients:49%12th
Export subsidies:€279 million4th
Rural development:€235 million9th
*position out of 25 countries in descending order of metric


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Top recipients for United Kingdom

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NameTotal payment to date (GBP)(conversion*)
TATE & LYLE EUROPE356 875 121(€536 561 902)
C CZARNIKOW SUGAR LTD73 519 702(€109 766 375)
MEADOW FOODS LTD60 387 509(€91 227 954)
PHILPOT DAIRY PRODUCTS LTD47 111 939(€71 499 801)
NESTLE UK LTD37 956 393(€58 182 291)
DALE FARM INGREDIENTS LTD35 396 059(€53 559 887)
FAYREFIELD FOODS IRELAND LTD32 822 625(€48 117 478)
GRANOX LTD32 210 714(€48 955 564)
MILK SUPPLIES LTD26 483 888(€39 752 142)
LISBURN PROTEINS25 861 369(€39 646 488)
DAIRY CREST INGREDIENTS24 837 792(€38 849 562)
AMANDA BUITELAAR (KILMARNOCK)LTD22 730 057(€34 747 594)
DUNGANNON MEATS (BALLYMENA)19 860 674(€30 490 934)
BEESONS LTD19 182 630(€29 288 349)
ALEC JARRETT LTD18 490 634(€28 200 095)
PROSPER DE MULDER LTD18 186 996(€28 375 307)
T M C DAIRIES (NI) LTD17 783 670(€27 512 243)
INCINERATION SCOTLAND17 053 450(€26 066 379)
LANGFORD PROCESSORS LTD16 384 248(€25 112 754)
F REDFERN & SONS LTD16 181 003(€24 761 466)
*converted at yearly mean conversion rates

Regional Breakdown for United Kingdom

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