HC Deb 25 April 1995 vol 258 cc508-9W
Mr. Macdonald

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farmers in England received environmentally sensitive area payments greater than(a) £100,000, (b) £50,000, (c) £10,000, (d) £5,000 or (e) £1,000 in the last year for which figures are available. [19999]

Mr. Jack

In 1994–95 English environmentally sensitive area payments to farmers in each band were as follows:

Number
Greater than £100,000 0
Greater than £50,000 15
Greater than £10,000 382
Greater than £5,000 1,035
Greater than £1,000 3,382

The figures in each band are accumulative of those in the higher payment bands.

In addition, 824 scheme participants received payments of less than £1,000.