§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) how many agricultural holdings and what area of agricultural land in hectares came within the area payments scheme in each county in England in (i) 1995 and (ii) 1996; [776]
51W(2) if he will set out by county a breakdown of the 1994 arable area payments scheme. [774]
§ Mr. BaldryThe table gives the county breakdown of claims under the arable area payments scheme in 1994 and 1995. A single claim may cover more than one holding where the holdings form part of one business. Equivalent figures for 1996 are not yet available.
1994 1995 Number of claims Area paid ha Number of claims Area paid ha Avon 392 16,243 393 16,134 Bedfordshire 593 64,296 589 64,520 Berkshire 279 38,493 268 40,633 Buckinghamshire 647 55,651 632 58,001 Cambridgeshire 2,194 199,681 2,155 198,446 Cheshire 991 28,138 938 26,416 Cleveland 226 16,092 223 15,986 Cornwall 1,688 39,462 1,697 39,371 Cumbria 907 14,951 905 15,801 Derbyshire 799 32,892 793 32,921 Devon 2,637 65,107 2,668 63,392 Dorset 726 60,573 715 58,417 Durham 661 41,941 657 43,648 Essex 1,539 188,352 1,530 193,778 Gloucestershire 993 84,569 1,000 84,558 Greater London 65 4,637 63 4,734 Greater Manchester 145 5,522 143 5,406 Hampshire 794 115,020 778 117,954 Hereford and Worcester 2,015 98,986 1,982 100,759 Hertfordshire 487 68,991 483 71,255 Humberside 2,139 204,332 2,097 209,743 Isle of Wight 126 9,674 126 10,224 Kent 1,050 113,942 1,039 117,870 Lancashire 488 17,953 484 18,354 Leicestershire 1,133 100,128 1,109 107,256 Lincolnshire 3,466 342,318 3,386 356,061 Merseyside 190 9,889 171 9,438 Norfolk 2,949 232,519 2,887 235,074 Northamptonshire 916 110,522 910 117,893 Northumberland 860 90,473 842 95,863 Nottinghamshire 1,036 92,580 1,017 93,776 Oxfordshire 912 117,621 914 125,755 Shropshire 1,612 85,486 1,581 86,321 Somerset 1,270 50,673 1,253 48,087 Staffordshire 872 48,438 838 49,251 Suffolk 2,081 193,026 2,087 193,500 Surrey 216 14,453 207 14,912 East Sussex 440 30,259 437 30,443 West Sussex 493 47,102 492 45,912 Tyne and Wear 118 8,996 112 9,503 Warwickshire 910 79,348 877 80,937 West Midlands 102 5,557 101 5,585 Wiltshire 1,021 121,196 1,010 118,515 North Yorkshire 3,266 214,945 3,196 215,832 South Yorkshire 554 43,424 543 44,275 West Yorkshire 393 24,483 380 25,169