HC Deb 19 January 1993 vol 217 cc193-4W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the budget for the programme for environmentally sensitive areas in each year since 1985; and what the budget will be in each year for the next three years.

Mr. David Hunt

The first environmentally sensitive area in Wales—the Cambrian mountains (original)—was not designated until 1 March 1987. The Cambrian mountains (extension) and Lleyn peninsula ESAs were designated on 1 January 1988. I intend to designate four further ESAs—Anglesey, Radnor, Preseli and the Clwydian range—during 1993. Actual and estimated Welsh ESA payments to farmers are set out in the following table:

Year 1£m
1987–88 0.02 (actual)
1988–89 0.37 (actual)
1989–90 0.70 (actual)
1990–91 0.88 (actual)
1991–92 1.46 (actual)
21992–93 3.74 (estimate)
31993–94 5.79 (estimate)
31994–95 7.61 (estimate)
31995–96 7.76 (estimate)

Notes:

1 The figures have been rounded.

2 Actual 1992–93 expenditure will be published in the 1992 Appropriation Accounts.

3 The 1993–94 provision will be published in the 1993–94 Main Supply Estimate Class XV Vote 2. The provision for 1994–95 and 1995–96 will also be published in the Main Supply Estimate for those years.