§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of(a) farms, (b) sheep and (c) acres in Wales currently under restriction owing to the radioactive contamination following the Chernobyl accident.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerApproximately 416 holdings, 300,000 sheep and 210,000 acres.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what expenditure he has incurred in compensation for farmers as a result of the Chernobyl accident for each year since 1986 in Wales.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerPayments have been as follows:
£ 1986 1,830,887 1987 1,416,812 1988 573,825 11989 349,960 1 To the end October