Environmentally Sensitive Areas

HC Deb 27 November 1991 vol 199 c543W

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the cost in the last full year for which figures are available of payments made, under environmentally sensitive area agreements, to farmers in each of the Welsh environmentally sensitive areas.

Mr. David Hunt

The information for 1990–91 is as follows:

	£
Cambrian Mountains ESA (Original Area)	476,882
Cambrian Mountains ESA (Extension)	120,723
Lleyn Peninsula ESA	284,102
Total	881,707

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the number of farms eligible for entry into each of the Welsh environmentally sensitive areas.

Mr. David Hunt

The information is as follows:

	Below 50 hectares	50–100 hectares	Above 100 hectares	Total
Cambrian Mountains ESA (Original and Extended Areas)	57	61	214	332
Lleyn Peninsula ESA	205	91	70	366
Total	262	152	284	698

Some farms in the Cambrian Mountains ESA have more than one agreement, covering separate features.