Arable Area Payments Scheme (Hansard, 24 June 1994)

§ Mr. Tipping
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much money has been paid out under the arable area payments scheme in(a) each county and (b) each region for linseed in 1993–94; and if she will make a statement.

§ Mr. Jack
No arable area payments have yet been made in respect of the 1993–94 scheme year.

§ Mr. Tipping
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to her answer of 1 February,Official Report, column 636, concerning the amounts paid out under the arable area payments scheme in 1993–94, whether these figures included payments for linseed; and if she will make a statement.

§ Mr. Jack
No. Those figures related to the 1992–93 scheme year. Linseed was not incorporated into the arable area payments scheme until 1993.