§ 71. Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what recent steps he has taken to promote alternative land use.
§ Mr. RyderWe have introduced a range of measures to encourage farmers to seek alternative users for agricultural land. These include the farm diversification grants scheme, set-aside and the farm woodland scheme. Also, ADAS offers advice to farmers on the options for alternative uses of their land. In January, we made available, (through Her Majesty's Stationery Office), "Planning Permission and
CAP expenditure Year on year increase in real terms CAP expenditure as per cent. total EC expenditure United Kingdom receipts under the CAP Conversion rates mecu £ million Per cent. Per cent. £ million 1 ecu equals 1973 3,805 1,912 — 82 63 0.502321 1974 3,230 1,647 -25 75 112 0.509803 1975 4,708 2,637 +26 78 347 0.560026 1976 5,796 3,603 +10 77 213 0.621578 1977 7,123 4,656 +10 74 174 0.653701 1978 9,000 5,974 +16 79 318 0.663759 1979 10,880 7,064 +8 76 384 0.649236 1980 11,943 7,232 -3 73 569 0.605540 1981 11,581 6,449 -13 65 666 0.556891 1982 13,077 7,294 +2 64 756 0.557801 1983 16,637 9,759 +17 69 1,085 0.586581 1984 19,093 11,150 +7 73 1,310 0.583969 1985 20,544 12,081 +1 73 1,187 0.588051 1986 23,028 14,919 +10 67 1,343 0.647851 1987' 23,963 17,237 -3 67 1,321 0.719320 19882 29,158 19,310 +17 67 1,381 0 662252 Sources: 1973–1986 EC Commission EAGGF Financial Reports. 1987 Outturn figures. 1988 Provisional outturn. 11987 budget year carried 10 months' expenditure. 21988 budget year carried 11. months' expenditure. 3Recalculated since 1986 PQ.