HC Deb 07 November 1995 vol 265 cc713-5W
Mr. Lord

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cost to public funds of the farm woodland premium schemes in the years ended March 1993, 1994 and 1995; and what is the projected cost for each of the next two years. [40882]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

Expenditure in Scotland on annual payments to farmers participating in the farm woodland scheme and farm woodland premium scheme in each of the last three financial years, estimated expenditure for the current year and the existing PES provision for next year, are shown in the table.

£
Mean tier 1 payment during 1994–95 Mean tier 2 payment during 1994–95
Breadalbane 1,602 3,735
Loch Lomond 1,469 1,369
Stewartry 1,120 4,431
Central Borders 1,200 3,500
Machair of the Uists and Benbecula, Barra and Vatersay 323 975
Central Southern Uplands 952 4,235
Western Southern Uplands 912 5,305
Cairngorms Straths 1,722 3,899
Argyll Islands 1,099 0
Shetland Islands 601 1,570

Mrs. Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total payment for each environmentally sensitive area in Scotland for the past two fiscal years. [41703]

Mr. Robertson

The information is set out in the table.

£ 1993–94 £ 1994–95
Breadalbane 154,000 229,000
Loch Lomond 77,000 77,000
Machair of the Uists and Benbecula, Barra and Vatersay 215,000 109,000
Stewartry 453,000 335,000
Central Borders (formerly known as Whitlaw/Eildon) 50,000 36,000
Central Southern Uplands 11,000 150,000
Western Southern Uplands 3,000 59,000
Cairngorms Straths — 17,000
Argyll Islands — 24,000
Shetland Islands — 8,000
Total 963,000 1,044,000

Mrs. Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many units in each environmentally sensitive area were entered under tier one only in Scotland. [41702]

Mr. Robertson

The total number of agreements under the Scottish environmentally sensitive area scheme is 930: the numbers containing tier one requirements only are set out in the table below:

Number1
Central Southern Uplands 34
Western Southern Uplands 14
Stewartry 4
Argyll Islands 1
1 As at 3 November 1995.