§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many commercial cereal growers in Wales have completed yield data forms in each of the years from 1986; and how many of those grow winter wheat.
§ Mr. David HuntHoldings cannot be classified on the basis of whether they are commercial cereal producers. A close approximation to this group is the farm typology group "Specialist Cereal Holdings". The table gives the number of holdings in this group responding to the cereal production survey, and of those, how many grow wheat.
Number of specialist cereal holdings1 in Wales responding to the April cereal production survey2 each year from 1987 to 1992 Harvest year April survey Year Number of specialist cereal holdings Of which grow wheat3 1986 1987 4 0 1987 1988 19 7 1988 1989 19 7 1989 1990 8 3 1990 1991 12 7 1991 1992 13 6
Divisional Offices Caernarfon £000s Carmarthen £000s Llandrindod Wells £000s (a) Subsidies Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances 12,162 7,043 19,022 Sheep Annual Premium Scheme 32,090 19,784 42,364 Stickler Cow Premium Scheme 3,552 2,540 6,246 Oilseed Support Scheme 1992 60 53 132 Farm Woodland Scheme 11 10 16 (b) Grant Schemes Farm and Conservation Grant Scheme 1,284 2,733 1,892 Agriculture Improvement Scheme 375 832 460 Agriculture and Horticulture Development Scheme 371 318 362 Farm Diversification Grant Scheme 69 192 116 Farm Diversification Marketing and Feasibility Grant 6 4 7 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 388 547 607 Five year Set-Aside 37 217 144 One year Set-Aside 0 3 8 The number of agreements entered into in 1992 are as follows: Farm and Conservation Grant Scheme 63 46 126 Farm Diversification Grant Scheme 1 4 1 Farm Diversification Marketing and Feasibility Grants 1 5 5 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 93 15 9