HC Deb 13 March 1996 vol 273 cc627-8W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many claims for arable aid his Department's Agriculture Departments divisional offices have processed in (a) 1994 and (b) 1995; and if he will make a statement. [20169]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The Welsh Office paid out 2,243 claims in 1994, which included 85 claims from the 1993 scheme; and 2,719 in 1995, which included 408 from the 1994 scheme.