§ Mr. WillsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the schemes under which payments are made to farmers in England; and what the total amounts paid under each scheme to(a) limited companies and (b) individuals were in the most recent year for which figures are available. [144458]
§ Alun MichaelProviding this information in the form requested has involved considerable work to interrogate the computer records in order to produce the required figures for England. In order to do so it has been 767W necessary to include all businesses that do not incorporate the term "limited" in their title in the trading name under the heading "individuals".
The following figures represent payments made in the European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund Year 2003—16 October 2002 to 15 October 2003—and do not include Common Agricultural Policy market support schemes.
£ Scheme Limited companies
value
Individuals value
Arable Area Payments 186,582,223.13 682,615,833.19 Arable Agrimonetary Aid 105,596.05 69,870.01 Beef Agrimonetary Aid 29,533.43 473,716.88 Beef National Envelope 991,509.93 13,630,439.57 Beef Special Premium 7,348,365.73 109,024,177.25 Extensification 3,338,151.33 51,927,956.37 Hill Farming Allowance 947,164.39 38,212,678.88 Milk — 263,043.48 Sheep Annual Premium 4,437,189.52 100,437,173.61 Suckler Cow Premium 5,236,163.74 71,972,974.84 Sheep Agrimonetary Aid 89.70 7,809.36 Slaughter Premium 5,375,867.10 61,472,846.45 Rural Development Service Operated Schemes Arable Stewardship 4,047,399.33 1,313,793.43 Countryside Access 2,417,329.19 16,643,660.50 Countryside Stewardship — 31,451,770.61 Energy Crops 75,096.40 66,693.60 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 4,430,669.21 57,170,574.76 Farm Woodland Premium 1,518,910.06 6,809,501.96 Habitat 223,389.40 1,622,720.89 Moorland — 25,350.00 Nitrate Sensitive Areas 333,897.80 1,304,479.48 Nitrate Vulnerable Zones 55,680.09 396,565.20 Organic Farming 1,855,784.37 7,833,778.95 Processing and Marketing Grant 5,558,457.51 1,664,423.52 Rural Enterprise 3,285,539.56 14,709,634.85 Vocational Training 601,553.90 1,296,838.65 Structural Funds 13,474,107.46 8,505,521.90 Total 252,269,668.33 1,280,923,828.19