§ Jim KnightTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the financial initiatives and resources sponsored by her Department in the last 12 months for Dorset which are additional to the Government SSA grants. [29890]
§ Mr. MorleyThe major financial initiatives and resources sponsored in the last 12 months for Dorset are:
(a) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments £000 Scheme UK EU Arable Area Payment Scheme 427 200 Beef Special Premium Scheme 59 2,265 Countryside Stewardship Scheme 427 200 Extensification Payment Scheme 23 788 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 206 188 Slaughter Premium Scheme (EUTM) 0 122 Exception Payments (Miscellaneous) 23 0 Farm Woodland Premium Scheme 12 4 Farm Woodland Scheme 6 1 Organic Farming Scheme 325 303 Sheep Annual Premium Scheme 0 1,002 Suckler Cow Premium Scheme 2 1,095 Slaughter Premium Scheme 0 3 (b) Flood and Coastal Defences
In the last 12 months the following schemes and studies have been approved for grant aid:
Operating authority Scheme Purbeck borough council Evening Hill coast protection Swanage beach management study Durlston Bay strategy study Bournemouth borough council Poole and Christchurch Bay strategy study West Dorset district council Beaminster Ph3A flood alleviation Lyme Regis (Windsor Terrace) flood alleviation Preston Brook study Environment Agency Pymore flood alleviation Flood warning improvements The Department has paid grants of some £756,000 to the named schemes, as well as other on-going schemes.
As part of the response to the autumn 2000 floods, the Department has further provided the Environment Agency with special contributions towards the costs of (i) emergency response and repairs and (ii) design and feasibility for accelerated river defences. The contributions made to the Avon/Dorset Flood Defence Committee in the last 12 months for these items have totalled £413,000 and £164,000 respectively.