§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the Environment Agency budget has been in each year since 1994. [93680]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Environment Agency became operational on 1 April 1996.
The total annual budget of the agency for each year since then, ending 31 March, is as follows:
Total annual budget for Environment Agency £million 1997 581 1998 610 1999 612 2000 640 2001 655 2002 707 2003 1760 1Forecast.
§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many(a) full-time and (b) part-time staff have been employed at the Environment Agency in each year since 1994. [93706]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Environment Agency became operational on 1 April 1996.
The numbers of staff employed by the agency in each year since then, ending 31 March, are as follows:
Number of staff employed by Environment Agency (a) full-time (b) part-time 1996 8,325 522 1997 8,502 621 1998 8,586 487 1999 9,163 544 2000 9,699 597 2001 9,862 614 2002 10,372 445 2003 10,195 1698 1 At 31 December 2002
Holding by size of agricultural area Size classes of the holdings (hectares agricultural area) <2ha 2-<5ha 5-<10ha 10-<20ha 20-<50ha 30-<50ha 50-<100ha >=100ha Total Number of holdings (1,000 holdings) EU 15 2,376.8 1,524.9 929.2 757.7 386.9 415.1 372.2 226.3 6,989.1 Belgium 12.1 9.5 935 11.5 8.4 9.4 5.6 11.1 67.2 Denmark 1.2 1.1 10.3 13.5 8.6 11 12 5.6 63.2 Germany 85.1 82.9 77.9 90.4 57.4 65 53.3 22.3 534.4 Greece 382.4 244.3 116.1 53.8 13.4 8.1 2.7 0.5 821.4 Spain 329.1 318.1 197.8 149.3 59.7 55.5 51.5 47.3 1,208.3 France 96.6 85.8 61.8 75 60.5 98.4 125.7 76.1 679.8 Ireland 2.1 9 18.4 40.1 29.1 28.2 16.6 4.2 147.8 Italy 1,187 566.7 273.2 151 53.5 42.5 27.4 14.1 2,315.2 Luxembourg 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.2 3 The Netherlands 18 16.5 17.3 19.3 14.3 14.9 6.6 1.1 107.9 Austria 33.1 46.6 39.4 46.8 21.4 14.5 5.7 2.8 210.1 Portugal 207.1 110 48.7 26.5 8.5 6.3 4.2 5.4 416.7 Finland 2.2 5.7 14.5 27.4 17.8 15.9 7 1.1 91.4 Sweden 3.4 9.4 15.9 18.2 10.9 12.7 13.1 6 89.6 United Kingdom 17.1 19 28.4 34.7 23.2 32.3 39.9 38.6 233.2 Source:
1997 EU Farm Structure Survey