§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the present levels of environmentally sensitive area payments; if he has any plans to revise them; and if he will also express them at 1986 prices.
§ Mr. CurryThe present level of ESA payments is shown in the table.
ESA £/HA Broads Tier 1 125 Tier 2 200 Breckland Tier 1 100 Tier 2 125 Tier 3: UWS 300 CH 100 North Peak Tier 1 10 Tier 2 20 Pennine Dales 100 Shropshire Borders Tier 1 30 Tier 2 80 Somerset Levels and Moors Tier 1 82 Tier 2 120 South Downs Tier 1 35 Tier 2 160 Suffolk River Valleys Tier 1 70 Tier 2 180 Tier 3 200 Test Valley 80 West Penwith 60 It was made clear at the outset that it would not be appropriate for these payments to be index-linked, but that they would be reviewed after three years. The review carried out last year for those ESAs designated in 1987 concluded that the payments were still at broadly the right levels. I am now reviewing payments in ESAs designated in 1988, and I will be conducting a full-scale review of the scheme next year to determine the way forward.