§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 25 January 2000,Official Report, column 192W, if he will publish a breakdown of subsidy payments to farmers in (a) Shropshire and (b) the United Kingdom for each year from 1992 to 1997; and if he will make a statement. [107917]
§ Ms QuinThe breakdown of subsidy payments in Shropshire in the years 1994 to 1997, and the United Kingdom in the years 1992 to 1997, is set out in the tables as follows.
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Table 1: Subsidy payments to farmers in Shropshire 1994–1997 £ million 1994 1995 1996 1997 Arable Area Payments Scheme 18.6 16.7 28.7 23.2 Beef Special Premium 3.6 4.7 5.0 5.7 Suckler Cow Premium 3.1 2.5 4.8 4.0 Sheep Annual Premium 8.2 8.8 9.3 5.1 Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances 1.3 1.3 1.2 2.2 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.6 Other agri-environmental schemes 0.7 0.3 0.3 1— Other subsidies2 — 0.2 2.8 1.4 Total 36.3 35.5 53.4 43.2 1 Less than 0.1 2 Includes CAP, non-CAP and national payments.
§ Mr. SawfordTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the average subsidy paid to each British fanner in the last year for which figures are available. [105991]
§ Ms QuinThe total amount of subsidies (less levies) paid to UK farmers in 1998 (the last year for which figures are available) was estimated to be £2,673 million. The total number of farm holdings (excluding minor holdings) in 1998 was 237,900. The average subsidy per farm holding was therefore just over £11,200. Information is held on a holding by holding basis, rather than farmer by farmer.
This average includes those holdings upon which no subsidies were received.