HC Deb 16 March 1994 vol 239 c729W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of total agricultural support through direct payments is secured annually by(a) the largest 20 per cent. of farmers and (b) the smallest 20 per cent. of farmers.

Mr. Jack

I regret that the information is not available. While the farm business survey collects details of direct agricultural support payments from a sample of farms, it does not provide us with farm by farm returns which would be required to answer this question.