§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many producers are entitled to hill livestock compensatory allowances in Northumberland; and how many of those are located in severely disadvantaged areas.
§ Mr. GummerUnder the 1991 (the latest year for which complete figures are available) hill livestock compensatory allowances scheme a total of 1,046 applications were submitted in respect of holdings in Northumberland of which 652 related wholly to severely disadvantaged land.
Average net farm income on livestock farms wholly or partly in the Severely Disadvantaged Area in England Year1 Mainly sheep farms Cattle and sheep farms £'000 per farm Indices2 £'000 per farm Indices2 Current prices 1991–92 prices4 Current prices Real terms4 Current prices 1991–92 prices4 Current prices Real terms4 1978–793 n/a n/a n/a n/a 8.8 23.3 121 298 1979–803 n/a n/a n/a n/a 4.2 9.7 55 118 1980–813 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.1 12.0 77 141 1981–823 11.1 19.6 100 167 9.4 16.6 141 232 1982–833 8.1 13.3 84 130 9.2 15.1 127 195 1983–84 10.8 16.9 87 129 7.8 12.2 107 157 1984–85 9.4 14.0 79 111 9.6 14.3 121 169 1985–86 11.9 16.8 101 135 10.1 14.2 122 161 1986–87 9.1 12.4 89 114 8.0 10.9 97 123 1987–88 9.9 13.0 102 126 11.8 15.5 131 160 1988–89 12.7 15.8 135 159 15.6 19.4 163 190 1989–90 7.5 8.6 92 100 10.6 12.2 112 121 1990–91 7.7 8.1 78 78 7.2 7.6 73 72 1991–925 11.0 11.0 130 123 12.0 12.0 115 107 1992–935 14.2 13.7 167 152 12.5 12.1 119 108 Notes:
1 Accounting years ending on average in February.
2 1989–90—1991–92=100.
3 The estimates for these years are not strictly comparable with those for later years.
4 This information has been derived by deflating the current price estimates by the Retail Price Index.
5 Estimates and forecasts at the time of the 1992 autumn review of the economic conditions in the hills and uplands.