Agri-environment Programme

HC Deb 28 February 1995 vol 255 c520W

Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 8 February,Official Report, column 308, if he will give a breakdown of the funds allocated to each of the schemes introduced under the Scottish agri-environment programme in (a) the current financial year, (b) 1995–96 and (c) 1996–97.

Sir Hector Monro

[holding answer 27 February 1995]: The table sets out the 1994–95 supply estimates provision and the Government's present plans for spending on these schemes for 1995–96 and 1996–97.

	Financial Year
Scheme	1994–95 £ million	1995–96 £ million	1996–97 £ million
Environmentally Sensitive Areas1	4.5	5.7	7.8
Heather Moorland	Nil	0.6	2.9
Habitats	Nil	0.6	0.6
Organic Aid	0.1	0.1	0.2
Access to Set-aside	Nil	0.5	0.5
Total	4.6	7.5	12.0
1Including new scheme for informal recreation in ESAs.