Volume 10: Economic Impact and International Trade
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Impact on the public sector
Summary: impact on the public sector
2.66 Total government expenditure on activities relating to BSE and other TSEs over the period 1986-96 was approximately £288 million. 1 The annex to this chapter gives a detailed breakdown of this expenditure. As can be seen, just over £250 million of the total was MAFF expenditure, with £135 million 2 being spent on compensation schemes. Expenditure rose with the spread of BSE, peaking in 1993/94 at approximately £66 million. Table 2.2 below summarises the impact of BSE on the UK public sector.
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2.2: Summary of UK public sector impact, £ million
1 This figure includes estimated expenditures on running costs incurred in relation to the response to BSE as calculated by the individual Departments concerned
2 This compensation figure is a Great Britain figure only (not UK)
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