Common Agricultural Policy
(asked on 15th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current annual cost of the Common Agricultural Policy; and what proportion is contributed by the United Kingdom.
This question was answered on 27th October 2015
The Common Agricultural Policy imposes two types of costs - the taxpayer costs from contributing to the EU budget and regulatory costs to industry which arise from CAP Regulations.
The total EU annual financial cost of the Common Agricultural Policy in 2015 is €55 billion.
The UK contributes over €16 billion to the total annual EU budget. CAP accounts for just under 40% of the EU budget.