§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much has been spent or is contracted to be spent in(a) England and (b) each county in England on the public access element of the countryside stewardship scheme for the period of the scheme's existence.
§ Mr. Atkins[holding answer 13 March 1995]: Total sums spent, or contracted to be spent, on public access under countryside stewardship from 1992–93 to 2004–5 inclusive are given in the table.
County Total access payments and/or commitments 1992–93 to 2004–5 £ Northumberland 501,465 Cumbria 284,741 Tyne and Wear Metropolitan 14,236 Durham 127,834 Cleveland 64,763 Lancashire 152,064 Merseyside Metropolitan 1,980 Greater Manchester Metropolitan 12,720 Cheshire 22,003 North Yorkshire 967,642 West Yorkshire 13,954 Humberside 76,471 South Yorkshire 25,646 Derbyshire 257,355 Nottinghamshire 36,607 Staffordshire 25,644 Leicestershire 230,880 Hereford and Worcester 67,787 Warwickshire 87,965 Northamptonshire 435,321 Shropshire 84,402 Lincolnshire 291,896 Cambridgeshire 167,873 Norfolk 295,047 Suffolk 165,238 Bedfordshire 87,695 Oxfordshire 119, 526 Buckinghamshire 155,504 Hertfordshire 77,032 Berkshire 69,428 Greater London Metropolitan 28,031 Hampshire 110,013 Surrey 98,515 Kent 331,850 West Sussex 192,568 East Sussex 273,988 Isle of Wight 73,304 Essex 124,933 Gloucestershire 134,377 Cornwall 731,083 Devonshire 277,933 Somerset 195,164 Avon 198,657 Wiltshire 453,169 Dorset 251,012 Total 8,395,316