§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will list the total value of all assistance to agriculture in the upland areas of England in each year since 1987, including environmental assistance, capital grants and sheep and livestock subsidies.
§ Mr. JackThe information is set out in the table. For the purposes of this exercise "upland areas" are defined as less-favoured areas.
413W3 Under the sheep annual premium scheme, SAPs, premium is payable to farmers in both uplands and lowlands areas. It is not possible to ascertain how much of the premium expenditure for years prior to 1991 went to farmers in upland areas, as the less-favoured area—LFA supplement was not introduced until the 1991 scheme. The figures for the sheep annual premium scheme relate to payments for that year's scheme. Payments are staged and extend into the following year.
4 The various schemes under which grant has been paid are: agriculture and horticulture development scheme, farm and horticulture development scheme, agriculture and horticulture development scheme, agriculture improvement scheme, farm diversification scheme, farm and conservation grant scheme.
5 Estimated expenditure
6 Includes, Pennine Dales, Clun, North Peak, Exmoor, Lake District, Southwest Peak, West Penwith ESAs. Payments relate to the cost of agreements made on the basis of applications submitted in the year shown.
7 For 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1993 assistance given to upland areas is not separately identifiable.
8 No differentiation is made under these schemes between upland/lowland producers.
n/a = Not available.