§ Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what payments have been made in Dorset under the Farm Improvement and Small Farmers Schemes, respectively; and what is the total number of farms and smallholdings which have benefited.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsIt is not possible without undue expenditure of time and labour to provide figures for the Farm Improvement Scheme in the precise form my hon. Friend has asked for, but in Dorset, up to 30th June, 1964, 3,961 applications (more than one for some farms) have been approved, at a total estimated cost of £3,689,225 on which £1,003,913 in grant has already been paid, while 558 holdings have benefited under the Small Farmer Scheme, on which £355,115 in grant has already been paid.