HC Deb 09 December 1996 vol 287 c63W
Dr. Strang

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the(a) planned expenditure in 1996–97 following the 1995 expenditure settlement, (b) estimated outturn expenditure in 1996–97 and (c) planned expenditure in 1997–98 in respect of each of the environmentally sensitive areas. [7689]

Mr. Douglas Hogg

[holding answer 5 December 1996]: Estimated outturn expenditure for 1996–97 is as follows:

£ million
Pennine Dales 3.166
South Downs 1.936
Somerset Levels and Moors 2.808
Broads 3.110
West Penwith 0.526
Breckland 0.812
Suffolk River Valleys 1.488
Clun 0.991
North Peak 1.458
Test Valley 0.145
North Kent Marshes 0.792
Avon Valley 0.179
South Wessex Downs 0.752
Exmoor 1.720
South West Peak 1.539
Lake District 5.730
Blackdown Hills 0.361
Cotswold Hills 2.068
Dartmoor 0.861
Essex Coast 0.350
Shropshire Hills 0.509
Upper Thames Tributaries 0.502
Total 31.803

The financial provision for environmentally sensitive areas is as follows:

  • 1996–97(1995 PES provision): £37.02 million
  • 1997–98(1996 PES provision): £33.69 million

The financial provision is not allocated between individual ESAs. All figures relate to payments to farmers in English ESAs.