§ Dr. StrangTo 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.
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§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardDetails 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 48W
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.