HC Deb 16 December 1999 vol 341 cc284-5W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the current level of expenditure under the Rural Development Regulations indicating the amount of funding that is received from the EU. [102783]

Mr. Nick Brown

[holding answer 13 December 1999]: The Rural Development Regulation does not apply in relation to Community support until 1 January 2000.

Mr. Yeo

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the amount of money that will be paid under the Rural Development Regulations in each of the seven years from 2001, indicating the amount from each contributing budget. [102784]

£million
Source of funding 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07
Total Planned Expenditure 173 205 236 263 279 295
EU receipts 50 50 50 50 50 50
MAFF CSR (subject to Spending Review) 91 91 91 91 91 91
Modulation receipts 22 45 50 54 62 70
Exchequer match funding 22 45 50 54 62 70
Total1 185 2232 241 249 265 281
1 Deficits in some years can be funded by carrying over surplus modulation receipts in others
2 Figures may differ due to roundings

Mr. Yeo

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which bodies are responsible for the administration and oversight of the Rural Enterprise Scheme. [102788]

Mr. Nick Brown

[holding answer 13 December 1999]: Subject to European Commission approval of the England Rural Development Plan, the Ministry of Agriculture's regional organisation will be responsible for the administration of the Rural Enterprise Scheme. We are proposing that oversight of this Scheme, and the other project-based support schemes under the Rural Development Regulation, will be carried out by the regional partnerships which are drawing up the regional chapters of the Plan.

Mr. Yeo

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which organisations were provided with copies of(a) his statement on rural development and (b) the proposals contained within that statement, before he made the statement to the House on 7 December 1999, Official Report, columns 701–12. [102809]

Mr. Nick Brown

No organisations were provided with copies of my statement, or of my proposals, before I made my statement to the House on 7 December.