§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much land in each county in England was under the five-year set-aside scheme in(a) 1993–94 and (b) 1994–95 at the latest available date; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. JackThe latest information on land in the five-year set-aside scheme which is available on a county basis relates to the scheme year 1992–93, which ended on 30 September 1993, and is set out below.
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Five Year Set-Aside Scheme 1992–93 scheme year Country Area Set-aside Avon 1,900 Bedfordshire 3,050 Berkshire 3,250 Buckinghamshire 6,400 Cambridgeshire 4,500 Cheshire 850 Cleveland 100 Cornwall 1,800 Cumbria 350 Derbyshire 1,050 Devon 3,300 Dorset 1,950 Durham 1,200 East Sussex 3,900 Essex 5,100 Gloucestershire 5,250 Greater London 550 Greater Manchester 100 Hampshire 4,450
1992–93 scheme year Country Area Set-aside Hereford and Worcester 2,000 Hertfordshire 2,950 Humberside 2,450 Isle of Wight 50 Kent 6,150 Lancashire 250 Leicestershire 1,600 Lincolnshire 3,550 Merseyside 400 Norfolk 3,250 North Yorkshire 3,650 Northamptonshire 4,100 Northumberland 1,300 Nottinghamshire 950 Oxfordshire 6,800 Shropshire 600 Somerset 2,400 South Yorkshire 400 Staffordshire 1,400 Suffolk 4,700 Surrey 2,300 Tyne and Wear 500 Warwickshire 2,750 West Midlands 200 West Yorkshire 400 West Sussex 3,300 Wiltshire 4,500 Total 111,950 Note: figures rounded to nearest 50ha.