§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many agricultural holdings and what area of agricultural land in hectares came within the arable area payments scheme in each county in England in 1996.[16717]
§ Mr. MorleyThe table gives the county breakdown of claims under the arable area payments scheme in 1996. A single claim may cover more than one holding where the holdings form part of one business.
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1996 Number of claims Area paid hectares Avon 400 16,924 Bedfordshire 586 65,541 Berkshire 265 38,622 Buckinghamshire 643 57,781 Cambridgeshire 2,125 201,178 Cheshire 929 27,190 Cleveland 213 15,821 Cornwall 1,728 42,256 Cumbria 931 16,904 Derbyshire 786 33,717 Devonshire 2,662 69,725 Dorset 704 61,439 Durham 657 43,695 Essex 1,500 189,560 Gloucestershire 979 86,881 Greater London 65 4,498 Greater Manchester 141 5,375 Hampshire 785 115,480 Hereford and Worcester 1,984 99,882 Hertfordshire 479 71,112 Humberside 2,065 203,542 Isle of Wight 131 9,679 Kent 1,051 116,613 Lancashire 458 18,565 Leicestershire 1,091 99,453 Lincolnshire 3,352 347,816 Mersey side 173 9,570 Norfolk 2,866 232,675 Northamptonshire 896 115,632 Northumberland 816 91,279 Nottinghamshire 1,000 93,470 Oxfordshire 922 124,250 Shropshire 1,579 86,578 Somerset 1,230 50,876 Staffordshire 827 49,507 Suffolk 2,082 194,348 Surrey 205 14,968 East Sussex 447 31,691 West Sussex 493 48,396
1996 Number of claims Area paid hectares Tyne and Wear 110 9,192 Warwickshire 879 82,000 West Midlands 94 5,812 Wiltshire 1,012 122,665 North Yorkshire 3,132 214,249 South Yorkshire 526 43,344 West Yorkshire 384 23,990