§ Sir Jerry WigginTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each of the agri-environmental schemes for which his Department is responsible, (i) actual expenditure in 1992–93, 199394, 1994–95 and 1995–96, (ii) provision and estimated outturn of expenditure in 1996–97 and (iii) planned expenditure in 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000, distinguishing in each case between(a) payments to farmers, (b) running costs and (c) monitoring costs. [8008]
§ Mr. Raymond S. Robertson[holding answer 10 December 1996]The information is set out in the following table. Information on running costs is not collected separately and it is not possible at this stage to make forward projection of monitoring costs for other than environmentally sensitive areas. Overall planned provision is £9.235 million for 1997–98, £13.468 million for 1998–99 and £15.7 million for 1999–2000.
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£000 Actual 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Provision Estimate Payments to farmers and crofters Environmentally sensitive areas 1,086 963 1,044 2,525 5,000 3,898 Habitats1 — — — — 600 152 Heather moorland1 — — — — 2,928 99 Countryside premium scheme — — — — — — Organic aid — — — 53 170 100 Set-aside access1 — — — 24 240 2 Monitoring costs Environmentally sensitive areas 91 — 238 307 310 310 1 These schemes will be closed to new applications from 1 January 1997 and will be superseded by the countryside premium scheme which is scheduled for introduction early in 1997. 2 Includes cost of signs.