§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will set out the criteria used in each year since 1991 in deciding which areas of land were suitable to receive additional access payments under the countryside stewardship scheme;
(2) how much was paid to landowners and occupiers as the flat-rate payment for providing new public access under the countryside stewardship scheme in each year since 1991;
(3) how much was spent on capital payments for providing public access on or to countryside stewardship scheme access sites in each year since 1991; and what was the number of sites for which such capital payments were made in each year.
§ Mr. Atkins[holding answer 16 December 1994]: I will write to the hon. Member.