Arable Area Payments

HC Deb 05 July 1994 vol 246 c141W

Dr. Strang

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farmers in England received arable area payments greater than(a) £100,000, (b) £250,000, (c) £500,000 and (d) £1,000,000 in the last year for which the information is available.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

Under the integrated administration and control system, applicants must make a single application covering all the land which they farm and some applications cover a number of holdings which are farmed quite separately on a day-to-day basis. The information given below relates to IACS applications, rather than to individual farmers.

Arable Area Payments Scheme: 1992–93
Size Band	Number of Payments
from £1,000,000 to £249,999	599
from £250,000 to £499,999	45
from £500,000 upwards1	7
1It is not possible to identify separately the number of payments between £500,999 and £100,000 and the number over £1,000,000 for reasons of confidentiality.