§ Baroness Whiteasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the total amount of grant paid under the farm capital grant schemes in the original Less Favoured Areas of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively in each of the last seven years, for agricultural operations falling within the definition:
- (a) land clearance and reclamation;
- (b) grassland regeneration; and
- (c) reseeding of grassland.
TABLE A Grant paid on land clearance and reclamation work Calendar years £s 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Northern Ireland 352,080 512,013 795,993 722,605 1,304,464 1,608,864 2,438,323 Wales 47,038 50,693 78,822 62,187 95,038 147,621 201,758 Scotland 282,353* 329,594* 328,850* 410,037 394,642 471,359 468,200 England 36,700 31,300 48,000 39,400 78,200 92,200 110,200 796WA
TABLE B Grant paid on grassland regeneration and reseeding, including fertilising and liming Calendar years £s 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Northern Ireland 2,644,313 2,962,021 3,446,125 2,827,494 5,493,379 7,078,663 3,872,578 Wales 1,334,438 1,348,322 1,961,638 1,529,643 2,394,458 2,415,904 2,733,578 Scotland 3,706,191* 3,667,433* 5,155,355* 4,537,923 6,331,642 6,455,944 4,675,229 England 1,490,500 1,538,200 1,755,000 1,307,700 2,137,700 2,293,400 2,929,300 *Includes grants paid outside the less favoured areas under the farm capital grant scheme.
§ Lord BelsteadTable A below provides the information requested at (a) for the seven calendar years to 1984. I regret that the information sought at (b) and (c) is not available in the form requested. Grassland regeneration may include reseeding and also liming and fertilizing and the operations are not recorded separately, but Table B below shows the grant paid on all of them together.