HC Deb 02 April 1992 vol 222 c450W
Dr. Strang

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farmers are in receipt of hill livestock compensatory allowance payments in(a) severely disadvantaged areas and (b) disadvantaged areas in each county in England containing less-favoured area land.

Mr. Gummer

The table shows the number of claims paid under the 1992 hill livestock compensatory allowance scheme from producers farming eligible land wholly within the severely disadvantaged area (SDA), or the disadvantaged area (DA) or on mixed land (i.e., SDA combined with DA land).

SDA DA Mixed
Cheshire 117 26 35
Cleveland 5 17 4
Cornwall 58 561 137
Cumbria 1,501 411 868
Derbyshire 621 177 140
Devon 797 699 113
Durham 455 140 108
Greater Manchester 111 70 32
Hereford and Worcester 191 125 109
Lancashire 413 434 307
Northumberland 642 148 249
North Yorkshire 960 401 715
Stilly Isles 6 Nil Nil
Shropshire 380 122 233
Somerset 264 23 43
South Yorkshire 50 59 33
Staffordshire 232 275 112
Tyne and Wear Nil 7 Nil
West Yorkshire 572 130 88