Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance

HC Deb 31 January 1997 vol 289 cc413-4W

Mr. Brazier

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what arrangements have been made in Northern Ireland for the payment in 1996–97 of the additional hill livestock compensatory allowance allocation for the 1997 scheme agreed in the 1996 public expenditure survey. [14259]

Mr. Ancram

Additional HLCA expenditure in 1996–97 totalling £11.2 million will be met by a repayable advance from the Northern Ireland contingencies fund. Parliamentary approval of this expenditure will be sought in the 1997–98 main estimates when the full additional funding for HLCAs of £12.4 million will be included.