§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what sums were paid out by each of his divisional offices for each(a) agricultural subsidy scheme
Environmentally sensitive areas Farm and conservation grant scheme1 Farm diversification grant scheme Farm woodland scheme Hill livestock compensatory allowances2 Sheep annual premium scheme3 Suckler cow premium scheme3 Set aside Divisional office Total payments £'000s Agreements entered into Total payments £'000s Total payments £'000s Applications approved Total payments £'000s Applications approved Total payments £'000s Number of claims paid Total payments £'000s Number of claims paid Total payments £'000s Number of claims paid Total payments4 £'000s Number of applications5 South Western region Exeter — — 3,512 219 27 84 12 3,465 1,498 5,923 4,099 1,360 1,060 517 29 Gloucester — — 1,774 201 23 125 41 — — 2,368 1,887 803 598 2,161 73 Taunton 1,170 778 2,975 132 19 48 12 1,313 343 2,726 2,118 754 628 615 24 Truro 490 186 1,322 166 21 13 2 1,083 772 2,352 1,741 1,072 929 255 19 Eastern region Chelmsford — — 635 63 13 54 12 — — 358 339 224 200 1,668 70 Huntingdon — — 445 27 7 107 24 — — 1,633 1,096 323 308 2,153 72 Lincoln — — 530 51 6 57 38 — — 780 645 478 325 804 14 Norwich 4,444 1,293 778 101 13 205 56 — — 715 714 569 440 1,697 68 Northern region Beverley 247 22 1,067 49 14 46 23 1,226 953 1,532 1,422 527 546 707 17 Carlisle 89 31 2,592 70 7 16 1 8,927 2,758 8,077 3,799 1,450 954 122 4 Newcastle 525 120 802 76 26 29 4 8,503 1,798 6,666 2,734 2,982 2,266 720 18 Northallerton 728 155 1,666 102 21 35 15 5,706 2,113 6,266 3,837 1,410 1,015 591 11 South Eastern region Guildford 31 23 903 27 9 59 13 — — 1,445 1,198 646 493 1,608 36 Maidstone 937 199 706 147 18 25 4 — — 2,719 1,812 389 388 1,852 42 Oxford — — 715 53 6 135 35 — — 1,738 1,191 554 450 2,961 72 Midlands, and Western region Crewe 832 228 4,856 100 23 36 13 2,398 1,517 4,715 3,750 1,060 950 466 30 Nottingham 688 55 1,342 77 12 40 19 1,449 948 3,092 2,399 841 811 820 26 Preston — — 2,797 77 4 — 1 2,263 1,373 2,757 2,021 509 487 137 4 Worcester — — 1,048 93 22 93 31 834 413 5,269 3,929 782 820 920 44 1 Number of improvement plans approved under EC part of scheme is not available by Divisional Office. Overall total for the year was 336. Figures for total payments relate to both EC and national parts of the scheme. Figures for the new farm and conservation grant scheme 1991 are not yet available. 2Figures for payments and number of claims cover the period 1 January to 30 November 1991. December figures are not yet available. 3 Figures relate to scheme year 1991 only. 4 Five-year set-aside scheme payments made in calendar year 1991 (including payments made in that year for 1989–90 and 1990–91 scheme years). 5 Based on applications to join the five-year set-aside scheme from 1 October 1991.