HC Deb 28 March 1995 vol 257 c579W
Mr. Macdonald

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farmers or crofters in Scotland 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. [15523]

Sir Hector Monro

The information, in the format requested, is set out in the following table. The figures are for 1993–94, the latest year for which information is available.

Farmers/crofters receiving payments of more than: Number
(a) £100,000
(b) £50,000
(c) £10,000
(d) £5,000 10
(e) £1,000 278

In addition, a number of participants received payments of £1,000 or less.