§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list by name the environmentally sensitive areas currently designated in England, and in respect of each state the area covered, the payment per hectare and the total annual payments which have been made each year since their introduction.
§ Mr. CurryThe environmentally sensitive areas in England are listed in the table with details of the areas covered by each designation. In each area there is a range of payments per hectare reflecting the different levels of environmental management which participants in the scheme agree to undertake. Details are set out in the relevant statutory instruments and in the published scheme literature. Total annual payments since the schemes were introduced were given in reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, East (Dr. Strang) on 14 December 1992,Hansard column 66.
Designated area (hectare) Pennine Dales 46,371 Broads 35,820 Somerset Levels and Moors 27,717 South Downs 69,377 West Penwith 7,180 Breckland 94,032 Suffolk River Valleys 32,149 Shropshire Borders 21,000 North Peak 50,250 Test Valley 2,690 North Kent Marshes 14,700 Avon Valley 5,200 South Wessex Downs 45,900 Exmoor 81,000 South West Peak 33,900 Lake District 245,200