Environmentally Sensitive Areas

HC Deb 06 June 1995 vol 261 cc68-70W

Dr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hectares of land(a) are eligible to be entered into each environmentally sensitive area in Wales and (b) have been entered into each tier of each environmentally sensitive area in Wales. [25797]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information requested is as follows:

Original schemes: Table 1
	(a)			(b)
Environmentally sensitive area		(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)	(v)
Cambrian Mountains (Original)	54,244	20,853	105	278	13	16
Cambrian Mountains (Extension)	64,536	20,393	162	92	2	2

(i) Semi-natural rough grazing;

(ii) Hay Meadows;

(iii) Broad-leaved woodland;

(iv) Archaeological features;

(v) Lakes, ponds and streams.

Original schemes: Table 2
	(a)		(b)
		Tier 1	Tier 2(1)	Tier 2(2)
Lleyn Peninsula	41,304	28,048	3,589	54

Tier 1: All land;

Tier 2(1): Roughland;

Tier 2(2): Haymeadows.

Revised schemes: Table 3
	(a)	(b)
		Tier 1A	Tier 1B	Tier 1C	Tier 2A
Cambrian mountains
Original (revised)	54,244	16,532	38	215	3,060

Tier 1A: Semi-natural rough grazing; Tier 1B: Haymeadows;

Tier 1C: Broad-leaved woodland;

Tier 2A: Heather management.

Revised schemes: Table 4
	(a)	(b)
		Tier 1	Tier 1A	Tier 2A	Tier 2B
Cambrian Mountains extension (revised)	64,536	3,382	2,169	856	6
Lleyn Peninsula (revised)	41,304	775	323	130	0

Tier 1: All land;

Tier 1A: Habitat management;

Tier 2A: Habitat management (voluntary);

Tier 2B: Reversion tier.

New schemes: Table 5
	(a)	(b)
		Tier 1	Tier 1A	Tier2A	Tier2B
Clwydian Range	25,724	0	0	0	0
Preseli	113,878	2,320	538	403	8
Radnor	91,770	12,606	5,082	479	63
Ynys Mon	66,063	6,599	1,215	346	38

Tier 1: All land;

Tier 1A: Habitat management;

Tier 2A: Habitat management (voluntary);

Tier 2B: Reversion tier.

Dr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many farms(a) are eligible to have land entered into each environmentally sensitive area in Wales and (b) have had land entered into each environmentally sensitive area in Wales. [25798]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information requested is as follows:

Environmentally sensitive area	(a)	(b)
Cambrian Mountains Original	450	184
Cambrian Mountains Original (Revised)	450	95
Cambrian Mountains Extension	660	258
Cambrian Mountains Extension (Revised)	660	24
Clwydian Range	619	0
Lleyn Peninsula	960	588

Environmentally sensitive area	(a)	(b)
Lleyn Peninsula (Revised)	960	23
Preseli	2,300	42
Radnor	1,035	152
Ynys Mon	1,576	147