Arable Area Payments

HC Deb 30 July 1997 vol 299 cc328-9W

Mr. Tipping

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list for each county(a) the total cost and (b) the (i) minimum, (ii) average and (iii) maximum payment made under the arable area payments scheme in 1996. [11319]

Mr. Rooker

The following table sets out figures for the total payments received by each claimant on a county basis. Payments are attributed to the county in which the claimant's main holding is situated.

align="center">1996 Arable Area Payments Scheme: payments made by MAFF, by county
County	Total cost (a) £	Minimum payment (b)(i) £	Average payment (b)(ii) £	Maximum payment (b)(iii) £
Oxfordshire	38,316,438.90	70.72	41,512.93	587,762.52
Shropshire	25,216,768,32	163.86	15,750.64	781,745.97
Somerset	14,391,039.60	276.74	11,624.43	175,407.28
Staffordshire	14,959,966.24	335.73	17,980.73	282.582.13
Suffolk	56,350,015.14	149.45	26,923.08	628,974.97
Surrey	4,218,972.44	337.60	20,381.51	172,799.72
Sussex, East	9,598,132.74	370.95	21,472.33	217,018.66
Sessex, West	15,019,621.67	282.89	30,281.50	852,973.21
Tyne and Wear	2,911,625.25	661,84	26,469.32	108,904,93
Warwickshire	24,313,437.54	303.43	27,660.34	387,623.82
West Midlands	1,668,159.14	320.25	17,559.57	208,962.74
Wiltshire	36,319,698.82	242.85	35,364.85	364,971.01
Yorkshire, North	62,744,184.79	424.33	43,434.85	838,677.97
Yorkshire, South	12,962,208.55	250.99	24,319.34	230,836.52
Yorkshire, West	7,167,520.43	277,55	18,665.42	28,972.16