England Rural Development Plan

HC Deb 08 March 2001 vol 364 c343W

Mr. Yeo

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his oral statement of 1 February 2001,Official Report, column 518, on ERDP funding, on what basis the figure of £300 million was calculated. [150988]

Mr. Nick Brown

The £300 million was calculated on the basis of matching the estimated receipts from modulation in England.