HC Deb 29 November 2000 vol 357 cc660-1W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 7 November 2000,Official Report, column 152W, on ERDP, if he will provide a breakdown of each measure by the schemes under which farmers will he able to claim the funds allocated. [139697]

Mr. Nick Brown

[holding answer 21 November 2000]: The following table shows the planned expenditure for each measure under the ERDP over the period 16 October 1999 to 15 October 2006, broken down by scheme within each measure.

£ million
FEOGA years1
Measure and scheme 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total
Investment in Agricultural Holdings
Energy Crops (Miscanthus) 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 4.9
Diversification (RES)2 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.4 2.4 2.8 4.0 11.6
Total 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.3 3.3 3.7 4.8 16.6
Training
Vocational Training Scheme 0.0 2.1 2.5 3.6 4.0 4.0 5.7 22.0
Less Favoured Areas
Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances (2000)/Hill Farm Allowance (2001–06) 42.4 43.8 40.9 37.4 34.8 27.2 27.2 253.8
Agri-environment
Countryside Stewardship3 27.5 37.9 53.0 68.0 83.0 98.0 113.0 480.4
Environmentally Sensitive Areas 39.1 50.1 48.3 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.2 330.4
Organic Farming 13.4 20.6 19.0 19.9 22.3 22.9 22.6 140.7
Nitrate Sensitive Areas 3.7 2.7 1.8 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.6
Total 83.6 111.3 122.1 137.6 153.5 169.2 183.8 961.1
Improving Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products
Processing and Marketing Grant 0.0 2.2 6.3 8.0 8.0 8.0 11.4 44.0
Afforestation of Agricultural Land
Farm Woodland Premium Scheme 7.5 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 70.8
Woodland Grant Scheme 8.0 9.0 11.0 12.0 12.0 13.0 13.0 78.0
Energy Crops (S.R.C.—agricultural land) 0.0 3.3 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 23.2
Total 15.5 20.3 23.9 26.1 27.1 29.1 30.1 172.0
Other Forestry Measures
Energy Crops (S.R.C.—non-agricultural land) 0.0 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 4.1
Woodland Grant Scheme 7.8 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 60.8
Total 7.8 8.5 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.7 64.9
Adaptation and Development of Rural Areas2 Rural Enterprise Scheme 0.0 4.3 9.5 17.5 28.6 33.2 47.2 140.3
Total expenditure 149.3 193.5 216.6 242.1 269.1 284.0 320.0 1.674.7
1FEOGA years run from 16 October to 15 October
2 The Rural Enterprise Scheme also includes diversification projects under Article 4 of the Rural Development Regulation (EC Reg. No. 1257/99), which covers measures in support of investment in agricultural holdings
3Includes expenditure on closed schemes