§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farmers were in receipt of hill livestock compensatory allowances in the severely disadvantaged areas according to the most recent figures for each year since 1978.
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§ Sir Hector MonroThe number of farmers in receipt of hill and livestock compensatory allowances in the severely disadvantaged areas in each year since 1978 is set out in the table.
Year Number of Farmers 1978 19,802 1979 19,485 1980 19,198 1981 19,072 1982 18,760 1983 18,610 1984 18,343 1985 18,203 1986 17,889 1987 17,852 1988 17,768 1989 17,630 1990 17,537 1991 17,403 1992 17,260 11993 16,827 1 to date.
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many producers are entitled to hill livestock compensatory allowances; and what proportion of those are located in(a) severely disadvantaged areas arid (b) disadvantaged areas.
§ Sir Hector MonroBased on the 1992 HLCA scheme, the latest complete scheme for which figures are available, of 17,893 claims received 17,260 were from producers located in severely disadvantaged areas and 633 from producers located in disadvantaged areas.