HC Deb 05 November 1996 vol 284 cc488-9W
Mr. Tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many agricultural holdings and what area of agricultural land in hectares came within the arable area payments scheme in each county in Wales in (1) 1995 and (ii) 1996. [773]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

[holding answer 28 October 1996]: The information for 1995 is given in the table. The equivalent figures for 1996 are not yet available.

Mr. Tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out by county a breakdown of the(a) 1994 and the (b) 1995 arable area payments scheme.

Arable area payments scheme, by county, 1994
Main scheme
County Simplified scheme Area claimed (ha) Cereals area claimed (ha) Oilseeds area claimed (ha) Protein area claimed (ha) Linseed area claimed (ha) Set-aside area claimed (ha) Total
Clwyd 3,450.22 2,489.48 237.33 184.70 47.82 562.91 3,522.24
Dyfed 8,231.86 4,492.30 543.66 249.33 160.53 1,346.99 6,792.81
Gwent 2,189.71 3,032.24 392.13 169.96 118.88 843.8 4,557.01
Gwynedd 1,486.72 813.84 23.62 14.80 24.15 218.52 1,094.93
Mid Glamorgan 349.48 1,030.08 161.74 0.00 0.00 226.72 1,418.54
Powys 3,323.99 2,610.82 271.71 62.26 6.98 602.63 3,554.40
South Glamorgan 870.89 2,016.49 337.89 49.23 14.06 509.22 2,926.89
West Glamorgan 597.14 233.94 66.41 0.00 15.33 41.40 357.08
Total 20,500.01 16,719.19 2,034.49 730.28 387.75 4,352.19 24,223.90

Arable area payments scheme, by county, 1995
Main scheme
County Simplified scheme Area claimed (ha) Cereals area claimed (ha) Oilseeds area claimed (ha) Protein area claimed(ha) Linseed area claimed (ha) Set-aside area claimed (ha) Total
Clywd 3,350.90 2,844.03 162.65 143.62 6.47 532.45 3,689.22
Dyfed 7,925.23 5,994.84 557.72 157.22 145.91 1,555.63 8,411.32
Gwent 2,080.45 3,646.54 310.69 178.13 178.13 801.99 5,115.92
Gwynedd 1,468.04 827.38 19.95 18.43 0.00 223.94 1,089.70
Mid Glamorgan 367.14 1,017.43 119.76 33.04 28.14 193.83 1,392.20
Powys 3,043.57 3,254.64 222.46 54.6 9.14 574.92 4,115.76
South Glamorgan 761.77 2,483.01 257.42 21.84 91.2 469.32 3,322.79
West Glamorgan 549.88 331.59 24.83 0.00 0.00 127.10 483.52
Total 19,546.98 20,339.46 1,675.48 607.32 458.99 4,479.18 27,620.43

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