HC Deb 23 June 1992 vol 210 cc185-6W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farmers have received payment under the set-aside scheme in 1991 in each county

Set-Aside Agreements 1988–90
1Horse based activities Golf courses Game cover for commercial shoots Sports grounds Other recrea-tional facilities Other uses under non-agricultural use option
Avon 19 1 1
Bedfordshire 18 1
Berkshire 19 2 1 1
Buckinghamshire 36 1 1 3 3
Cambridgeshire 24 5 1 4
Cheshire 15 1 1
Cleveland 1 1
Cornwall 14 1 l 1
Cumbria 2 1
Derbyshire 10 2 1 1
Devonshire 19 1 1
Dorset 9 1 1 1
Durham 10
Essex 45 3 1 1 5
Gloustershire 30 2 3 3 1
Greater London 6 1 2
Greater Manchester 10
Hampshire 29 4 1 3
Hereford/Worcestershire 17 3 1 2 1
Hertfordshire 16 2 1 1
Humberside 6 5 6
Isle of Wight 2 1 1
Kent 44 5 6 1 4
Lancashire 1 1
Leicestershire 22 1 1 1 1 1
Lincolnshire 12 3 1 1
Merseyside 9 2 2 2
Norfolk 17 1 1 1
Northamptonshire 14 3 1 2 2
Northumberland 9 1 1
Nottinghamshire 8 3 1 3
Oxfordshire 42 5 1 3 1 2
Shropshire 10 1 1 2
Somerset 18 2 1 2
Staffordshire 15 1 1 2
Suffolk 33 2 4 2
Surrey 16 1 1 1 1
East Sussex 15 2 4 1 5
West Sussex 24 3 1 2
Tyne and Wear 5
Warwickshire 22 6 3
Wiltshire 27 1 1 1 1 1
North Yorkshire 23 1 3 1 11
South Yorkshire 1
West Yorkshire 5 1
Totals 749 70 40 29 17 78
1 (Livery stables, riding schools, stud farms, hay for horses, grazing for horses, horse riders)

in England for (a) horse-based activities, (b) golf courses, (c) game cover for commercial shoots, (d) sports grounds, (e) other recreational facilities and (f) other; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gummer

The following table list the number of agreements under the non-agricultural use option of the set-aside scheme for those who entered the scheme in 1988. 1989 and 1990. Payments will have been made under all these agreements in 1991. No payments have yet been made to participants who entered the scheme in 1991.

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