HC Deb 18 July 1994 vol 247 cc46-8W
Dr. Strang

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the cost in 1993 for each county in England, and in total, of payments made under(a) the environmentally sensitive area scheme, (b) the nitrate-sensitive area scheme, (c) the farm and conservation grant scheme, (d) the pilot beef and sheep extensification schemes, (e) the woodland grant scheme, (f) the farm woodland premium scheme, (g) the orchard grubbing scheme, (h) the optional five-year set-aside scheme, (i) the habitat scheme, (j) the moorland scheme.(k) the countryside access scheme and (l) the organic aid scheme; and what is her estimate of the cost in 1994.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

Details of payments by English County under the farm and conservation grant scheme, the farm woodland premium scheme and the nitrate-sensitive areas scheme are set out in table A.

Information on the other schemes listed is not held in the format required to allow breakdown by county, which could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Total payments under each scheme in the 1993–94 financial year, and estimates for 1994–95, are given in table B.

Table A
County Farm and conservation grant scheme Farm Woodland premium scheme Nitrate-sensitive areas scheme
(£) (£) (£)
Avon 304,204 1,788
Bedford 162,127 6,050
Berkshire 141,566 9,263
Buckinghamshire 215,992 11,895
Cambridgeshire 137,545 10,475
Cheshire 1,147,364 1,225
Cleveland 96,818 5,995
Cornwall 1,622,808 24,796
Cumbria 2,782,492 2,795
Derbyshire 746,486 2,788
Devon 2,609,138 58,970
Dorset 768,257 13,563
Durham 360,865 4,116
Essex 439,835 35,245
Gloucestershire 469,368 30,503
Hampshire 410,342 14,393
Hereford and Worcester 855,170 64,953 100,737
Hertfordshire 127,989 2,335
Humberside 353,272 12,918 15,107
Isle of Wight 17,706 2,875
Kent 508,772 15,275
Lancashire 1,971,018 2,343
Leicestershire 499,840 15,158
Lincolnshire 469,770 29,713 789,713
London, Greater 9,154
Manchester, Greater 97,432
Merseyside 45,586
Norfolk 477,287 20,533
Northamptonshire 240,792 9,518
Northumberland 575,490 14,657
Nottinghamshire 126,330 2,675 226,305
Oxfordshire 276,204 35,491 74,540
Scilly Isles
Shropshire 975,634 12,660
Somerset 1,006,530 3,275 55,858
Staffordshire 825,239 4,956 66,703
Suffolk 476,255 24,665
Surrey 174,298 3,588
Sussex, East 183,739 14,775
Sussex, West 342,831 19,668
Tyne and Wear 6,876
Warwickshire 220,667 10,480
Wiltshire 604,968 44,495 76,375
West Midlands 36,259
Yorkshire, South 203,282 3,358
Yorkshire, North 2,012,547 28,589
Yorkshire, West 312,772 2,526
England Total 26,449,137 635,359 1,405,338
Table B
Total expenditure (£'000s)
Scheme 1993–94 1994–95
ESA scheme 16,550 31,030
NSA scheme 11,410 21,500
F and CG scheme 126,450 27,140
Pilot beef and sheep extensification 401 391
Woodland grant scheme 13,900 215,000
Farm woodland premium scheme 635 21,500
Total expenditure (£'000s)
Scheme 1993–94 1994–95
Orchard grubbing scheme 510 2nil
Optional five year set-aside scheme 20,685 14,100
Habitat scheme 3
Moorland scheme 4
Countryside access scheme 3
Organic aid scheme 5 800
1 All figures are given by financial year except here which indicates calendar year.
2 Estimate.
3 First payment due in 1995–96.
4 Not yet operational.
5 Not operational.