§ Mr. Simon ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how CAP funding is spent in the United Kingdom broken down by(a) types of schemes and (b) nations. [31254]
§ Mr. Morley[pursuant to his reply, 5 February 2002, c. 896W]: My answer referred to a table entitled 663W "Subsidies Paid Directly to Farmers in 2001". The last two rows of the table showed values for total other subsidies and total subsidies. Unfortunately, these totals
Subsidies paid directly to farmers in 2001 £ million England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland UK Subsidies on product Crop subsidies Arable area payments on: Wheat 330 2 16 1 349 Barley 180 5 68 7 259 Other cereal crops 22 1 5 1— 27 Oilseed rape 94 1— 9 1— 103 Linseed 10 1— 1— 1— 10 Peas and beans-stockfeed and human consumption 67 1— 1 2— 68 Other crops 7 1— 1— 1— 8 Other crop subsidies 3 2— 1— 2— 3 Livestock subsidies: Beef special premium 126 24 46 46 242 Suckler cow premium 80 25 61 45 211 Slaughter premium 49 7 13 15 84 Extensification payment scheme 50 15 34 27 126 Over-30-months scheme 91 17 23 26 157 Beef national envelope 11 3 8 5 26 Sheep annual premium 74 53 42 13 182 FMD light lambs 1 2 2 2— 5 Other subsidies Dairy agrimonetary compensation 56 8 6 9 79 Total subsidies on products 1,249 162 334 194 1,940 Other subsidies Set-aside 162 1 20 1 184 Other animal disease compensation 11 1 1— 16 29 Less favoured areas support schemes 42 42 61 18 164 Agri-environment schemes: 145 34 34 7 220 Countryside Stewardship 49 2— 2— 2— 49 Countryside Premium (Scotland) 2— 2— 9 2— 9 Tir Cymen and Tir Gofal 2— 13 2— 2— 13 Organic Farming 27 3 5 1— 35 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 48 7 10 5 71 Nitrate Sensitive Areas 3 2— 2— 2— 3 Woodland Schemes 8 1— 5 2 14 SSSI3 9 2 5 2— 16 Other 2 8 1— 1— 10 Total other subsidies 360 79 115 43 596 Total subsidies 1,609 242 449 237 2,536 1 Negligible, less than 0.5 2 Not applicable 3 Payments for sites of special scientific interest are not part of CAP