§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farm holdings receive subsidy payments, excluding environmental and hill livestock compensatory allowances, in excess of(a) £30,000, (b) £40,000 and (c) £50,000 per annum. [28354]
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 13 June 1995]: Farm holdings can receive subsidy payments under one or several schemes. Those holdings in England receiving payments under the sheep annual premium, suckler cow premium, beef special premium and arable area payments schemes which either together or separately exceeded the totals stated for the 1994 scheme year are as follows:
- (a) £30,000: 10,857
- (b) £40,000: 7,219
- (c) £50,000: 5,055
§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much money would be saved if farm subsidy payments, excluding environmental and hill livestock compensatory allowances, were capped at a ceiling of(a)£30,000 per holding, (b)£40,000 per holding and (c)£50,000 per holding per annum. [28355]
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 13 June 1995]:Farm holdings can receive subsidy payments under one or several schemes.
The total sums paid under the sheep annual premium, suckler cow premium, beef special premium and arable area payments schemes, in respect of the 1995 scheme year, would have been reduced by the following amounts if the respective ceilings per holding had been applied:
Ceiling applied per holding £ Reduction in total payments £ million (a) 30,000 350.4 (b) 40,000 261.7 (c) 50,000 201.1