§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the average payment made198W under the arable area payments scheme in England in 1994. [1066]
§ Mr. BaldryThe average payment made in 1994 was £18,870.
§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many payments under the arable area payments scheme were made in England in excess of £1 million in 1994. [1065]
§ Mr. BaldryFor reasons of confidentiality, it is not possible to identify separately the number of payments above £1 million.
§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list by county the number of payments made under the arable area payments scheme in excess of £75,000 in 1994. [1067]
§ Mr. BaldryFor reasons of confidentiality, it is not possible to identify separately the number of payments above £75,000. However, in England a total of 2,096 claims fell into this category.
§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the area, the number and amount paid in each county in England under the set-aside element of the arable area payments scheme in 1994. [1062]
§ Mr. BaldryInformation is not available for amounts paid relating solely to the set-aside element on a county basis. However, the table gives the total area, number and amount claimed in 1994 for set-aside on land situated in each county of England. The total payment made will have been slightly lower because of reductions for various reasons.
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Arable area payments scheme: set-aside element 1994 County Area of set-aside (HA) Number of claims including set-aside Amount claimed (£) Avon 2,437 190 830,892 Bedfordshire 10,073 459 3,434,375 Berkshire 6,223 227 2,116,950 Buckinghamshire 9,666 508 3,289,813 Cambridgeshire 30,112 1,526 10,251,643 Cheshire 3,477 323 1,183,774 Cleveland 2,419 163 824,755 Cornwall 4,807 480 1,627,689 Cumbria 1,178 110 401,637 Derbyshire 4,610 367 1,563,249 Devon 8,119 795 2,759,979 Dorset 9,207 439 3,133,659 Durham 6,554 438 2,194,686 East Sussex 5,508 289 1,868,057 Essex 29,415 1,261 10,017,752 Gloucestershire 13,218 659 4,482,792 Greater London 835 48 275,827 Greater Manchester 838 69 284,010 Hampshire 17,948 623 6,117,982 Hereford and Worcester 14,257 1,109 4,848,630 Hertfordshire 11,182 431 3,812,146 Humberside 30,857 1,626 10,496,444 Isle of Wight 1,497 86 508,695 Kent 18,212 806 6,162,305 Lancashire 2,283 225 775,999
Arable area payments scheme: set-aside element 1994 County Area of set-aside (HA) Number of claims including set-aside Amount claimed (£) Leicestershire 15,263 791 5,177,304 Lincolnshire 51,608 2,238 17,558,853 Merseyside 1,496 135 510,059 Norfolk 35,467 1,890 12,062,761 North Yorkshire 32,216 2,150 10,944,791 Northamptonshire 17,169 755 5,809,082 Northumberland 13,798 666 4,701,340 Nottinghamshire 14,343 799 4,871,815 Oxfordshire 18,287 754 6,234,927 Shropshire 11,906 850 4,059,334 Somerset 6,970 569 2,359,705 South Yorkshire 6,647 386 2,244,806 Staffordshire 7,106 479 2,416,303 Suffollk 29,918 1,566 10,153,449 Surrey 2,637 132 899,081 Tyne and Wear 1,439 98 485,511 Warwickshire 12,313 677 4,197,759 West Midlands 816 65 278,214 West Sussex 7,853 370 2,677,469 West Yorkshire 3,756 259 1,277,193 Wiltshire 18,945 771 6,420,744 Total 554,882 29,657 188,604,242