§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many hectares of land(a) are eligible for entry into each environmentally sensitive area in England and (b) have been entered into each tier of each environmentally sensitive areas in England. [25793]
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information for environmentally sensitive areas in England is as follows:
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Eligible area in hectares Area currently under agreement in hectares Stage I ESAs (launched in 1987) Broads 24,000 Tier 1–8,596 Tier 2–5,906 Tier 3–354 Tier 4–256 Total 15,112 Pennine Dales 39,100 Tier 1–24,280 Tier 2–1,198 Total 25,478 Somerset Levels and Moors 25,900 Tier 1–10,630 Tier 2–2,244 Tier 3–881 Total 13,755 South Downs 51,700 Tier 1–4,810 Tier 2–408 Tier 3–5,964 Total 11,182 West Penwith 6,900 Tier 1–6,125 688W
Eligible area in hectares Area currently under agreement in hectares Stage II ESAs (launched in 1988) Breckland 51,600 Tier 1–2,595 Tier 2–99 Tier 3–2,431 Tier 4–281 Total 5,406 Clun 18,900 Tier 1–12,125 Tier 2–1,142 Tier 3–178 Total 13,445 North Peak 50,500 Tier 1–22,980 Tier 2–11,244 Total 34,224 Suffolk River Valleys 32,600 Tier 1–6,910 Tier 2–1,607 Tier 3–324 Tier 4–98 Total 8,939 Test Valley 3,300 Tier 1–934 Tier 2–116 Total 1,050 Stage III ESAs (launched in 1993) Avon Valley 3,800 Tier 1–572 Tier 2–42 Total 614 Exmoor 67,700 Tier 1–38,529 Tier 2–931 Total 39,460 Lake District 219,300 Tier 1–87,280 Tier 2–4,066 Total 91,346 North Kent Marshes 11,600 Tier 1–3,030 Tier 2–599 Total 3,629 South Wessex Downs 38,300 Tier 1–17,583 Tier 2–1,218 Total 18,801 South West Peak 27,000 Tier 1–11,279 Tier 2–3,043 Total 14,322 Stage IV ESAs (launched in 1994) Blackdown Hills 32,200 Tier 1–3,162 Tier 2–49 Total 3,211 Cotswold Hills 66,100 Tier 1–20,128 Tier 2–939 Total 21,067
Eligible area in hectares Area currently under agreement in hectares Dartmoor 89,000 Tier 1–6,729 Tier 2–324 Total 7,053 Essex Coast 23,000 Tier 1–1,925 Tier 2–115 Tier 3–223 Total 2,263 Shropshire Hills 34,900 Tier 1–7,035 Tier 2–32 Total 7,067 Upper Thames Tributaries 18,000 Tier 1–2,264 Tier 2–312 Tier 3–262 Total 2,838
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farms(a) are eligible to have land entered into each environmentally sensitive area in England and (b) have had land entered into each environmentally sensitive area in England.
§ Mr. WaldegraveRecords are not kept of the number of farms in each designated environmentally sensitive area in England which are eligible to enter the scheme.
The number of agreements in each ESA in England is as follows:
Number Stage I ESAs (launched in 1987) Broads 740 Pennine Dales 716 Somerset Levels and Moors 888 South Downs 213 West Penwith 187 Stage II ESAs (launched in 1988) Breckland 113 Clun 195 North Peak 76 Suffolk River Valleys 396 Test Valley 32 Stage III ESAs (launched in 1993) Avon Valley 32 Exmoor 390 Lake District 812 North Kent Marshes 52 South Wessex Downs 130 South West Peak 320 Stage IV ESAs (launched in 1994) Blackdown Hills 126 Cotswold Hills 276 Dartmoor 156 Essex Coast 62 Shropshire Hills 123 Upper Thames Tributaries 106