§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) how many applicants for suckler cow premium and sheep annual premium have been refused because of insufficient documentation for the latest year for which figures are available;
(2) what formal documentation is required to be produced by applicants for suckler cow premium and annual sheep premium under category 3(c) of the 1993 national reserve.
§ Mr. JackThe conditions which had to be satisfied by applicants to category 3(c) of the 1993 national reserves for sheep and suckler cows are set down in schedule 2, part V of the Sheep Annual Premium and Suckler Cow Premium Quotas (Amendment) Regulations 1993.
A total of 2,225 of the 2,560 applications for sheep quota and 1,210 of the 1,614 applications for suckler cow quota from category 3(c) of the 1993 national reserves were assessed as ineligible. Data are not available on the number of applications rejected because insufficient documentary evidence was submitted.