Improvement Schemes, Cumberland

HC Deb 25 March 1957 vol 567 cc84-5W

85. Mr. Peart

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many improvement schemes under the Hill Farming Act and Livestock Rearing Act have been approved in the County of Cumberland; what is the estimated total cost; and how much has so far been claimed.

Mr. Godber

At 28th February, 1957, 600 schemes under the Hill Farming and Livestock Rearing Acts, 1946–56, had been approved in the County of Cumberland at an estimated total cost of £1,779,000, and of this sum, grant amounting to £320,238 had been paid.