§ Mr. Corbettasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many applications for assistance for farm buildings under the Farm Capital Grants 442W Scheme were made in the two most recent quotas for which figures are available; how this compares with the position in the same periods of 1973 and 1974; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StrangNo separate record is kept of the number of grant applications for farm buildings. The figures for the total number of applications in England and Wales under the Farm Capital Grant Schemes are:
Quarter ended Applications received December 1972 … 11,108 March 1973 … 21,327 December 1973 … 43,879 March 1974 … 8,463 December 1974 … 6,509 March 1975 … 10,875 The figures for the quarter ending in December 1973 were inflated by an abnormal volume of applications in anticipation of changes in the coverage of the scheme made on 1st January 1974.
§ Mr. Corbettasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the rate of withdrawals of authorisations under the Farm Capital Grants Scheme in the two latest quarters for which figures are available; how this compares with the position a year earlier; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StrangThe figures for England and Wales are as follows:
Quarter ended Applications withdrawn after approval December 1973 … 1,520 December 1974 … 2,006 March 1974 … 2,060 March 1975 … 2,136