HC Deb 19 July 1996 vol 281 cc684-5W
Ms Roseanna Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department has spent on projects dealing with(a) alternations to rural land use, (b) alteration to rural ownership patterns and (c) land management projects since 1990; and if he will make a statement. [38193]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

[holding answer 18 July 1996]: Information is not held in this form, but details of expenditure on the various grants and subsidies administered on behalf of my right hon. Friend are contained in the annual expenditure plans and appropriation accounts for the Scottish Office and the Forestry Commission. Copies of these documents are available in the Library of the House.

Ms Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what conditions are placed on grants and loans of public money made to private landed estates in pursuit of(a) environmental and (b) other strategic aims; and if he will make a statement. [37993]

Mr. Robertson

[holding answer 18 July 1996]: The conditions placed on grants and loans of public money to owners and occupiers of land vary according to the nature of the scheme under which the assistance is provided. The conditions are specified in the explanatory literature for each relevant schemes, and, where appropriate, in declarations and undertaking set out in application and claim forms. They may also be set out in the legislation under which the scheme operates.