§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the(a) planned expenditure in 1996–97 following the 1995 expenditure settlement, (b) estimated outturn expenditure in 1996–97 and (c) planned expenditure in 1997–98 in respect of each of the environmentally sensitive areas. [7689]
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[holding answer 5 December 1996]: Estimated outturn expenditure for 1996–97 is as follows:
£ million Pennine Dales 3.166 South Downs 1.936 Somerset Levels and Moors 2.808 Broads 3.110 West Penwith 0.526 Breckland 0.812 Suffolk River Valleys 1.488 Clun 0.991 North Peak 1.458 Test Valley 0.145 North Kent Marshes 0.792 Avon Valley 0.179 South Wessex Downs 0.752 Exmoor 1.720 South West Peak 1.539 Lake District 5.730 Blackdown Hills 0.361 Cotswold Hills 2.068 Dartmoor 0.861 Essex Coast 0.350 Shropshire Hills 0.509 Upper Thames Tributaries 0.502 Total 31.803 The financial provision for environmentally sensitive areas is as follows:
- 1996–97(1995 PES provision): £37.02 million
- 1997–98(1996 PES provision): £33.69 million
The financial provision is not allocated between individual ESAs.
All figures relate to payments to farmers in English ESAs.