HC Deb 20 July 1989 vol 157 cc304-5W
Mr. Home Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many whole farms have been set aside from agricultural production under the European Community scheme in each region in Scotland.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The table gives details of holdings where participants have opted to set aside all their eligible arable land. As indicated in the table, the area set aside represents considerably less than the whole farm area.

Region Number of holdings Total area set aside Total area of holdings
(ha) (ha)
Borders 3 76 334
Central 3 216 357
Dumfries and Galloway
Fife 3 43 96
Grampian 76 2,093 4,738
Highland 12 572 1,240
Lothian 4 226 733
Strathclyde 6 168 390
Tayside 12 328 846
Islands areas
SCOTLAND 119 3,722 8,734