§ Mr. John Wellsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many horticultural growers have taken 130W advantage of the existing horticulture improvement schemes to the last convenient date; and how many more growers with four acres, or four adjusted acres, are estimated to be eligible for grants but have not availed themselves of the scheme.
§ Mr. HoyUp to the end of April, 1966, some 17,000 applications for grant under the Horticulture Improvement Schemes (1960 and 1964) have been received, of which some 2,000 have been withdrawn or rejected and some 14,000 approved. Many growers have made more than one application. To ascertain the actual number of growers who have made one or more applications would involve unjustified expense. It is estimated that in all some 25,000–30,000 growers might be eligible for grant. These figures relate to the whole of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. John Wellsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many of the horticultural growers who have made use of the horticulture improvement schemes have needed to use adjusted acres, as opposed to actual acres, to bring their holdings within the required size limit.