§ Mr. WalterTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total area by county, and the average payment per hectare in each of those counties, of set-aside land in(a) 1995, (b) 1996 and (c) 1997. [34604]
§ Mr. RookerPayment rates per hectare on land set-aside apply for England as a whole. The payment rates that applied and areas of land set-aside under the Arable Area Payments Scheme in each of the three years requested are as follows.
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Payment rates (£/hectare) 1995 1996 1997 Set-aside 340.94 338.03 325.83 Additional voluntary set-aside 239.25 237.21 228.65
Area set-aside under the Arable Area Payments Scheme hectares 1995 1996 11997 Avon 2,557 2,295 1,500 Bedfordshire 9,735 8,097 5,160 Berkshire 6,703 5,159 3,342 Buckinghamshire 10,033 8,233 5,509 Cambridgeshire 27,522 21,931 12,473 Cheshire 2,986 2,393 1,509 Cleveland 2,161 1,717 947 Cornwall 4,663 4,027 2,733 Cumbria 1,238 1,077 748 Derbyshire 4,215 3,587 2,207 Devonshire 7,408 6,575 4,467 Dorset 8,329 6,724 4,611 Durham 6,502 5,010 2,964 Essex 28,281 21,868 13,116 Gloucestershire 12,622 10,364 6,673 Greater London 906 655 511 Greater Manchester 735 560 396 Hampshire 17,802 13,843 8,919 Hereford and Worcester 13,709 10,480 6,483 Hertfordshire 10,985 8,547 5,126 Humberside 28,047 21,210 11,723 Isle of Wight 1,757 1,326 912 Kent 18,028 13,933 8,926 Lancashire 2,137 1,709 1,083 Leicestershire 14,803 10,839 6,369 Lincolnshire 47,145 36,072 20,149 Merseyside 1,283 1,057 645 Norfolk 33,212 25,571 16,269 Northamptonshire 17,709 13,955 8,266 Northumberland 13,053 10,096 5,672 Nottinghamshire 13,136 10,120 5,686 Oxfordshire 19,718 15,762 9,921 Shropshire 10,900 8,311 4,969 Somerset 5,993 4,995 3,262 Staffordshire 6,819 5,470 3,250 Suffolk 27,524 21,893 13,341 Surrey 3,125 2,374 1,811 East Sussex 5,764 4,836 3,713 West Sussex 7,027 5,953 4,029 Tyne and Wear 1,419 1,124 664 Warwickshire 11,980 9,618 5,891 West Midlands 840 622 367 Wiltshire 17,489 14,400 8,947 North Yorkshire 29,358 22,552 13,208 South Yorkshire 6,161 4,794 2,718 West Yorkshire 3,565 2,638 1,534 11997 distribution of set-aside by county is provisional
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Unit Locations Number of staff Total salaries £000 Estimated admin costs £000 Information Division Central London 78 1,500 1,237 Legal Group Central London, Tolworth, Brecon, Swansea, Exeter, Harrogate, Maidstone and Peterborough 121 3,500 1,189 Economics and Statistics Group York and Central London 203 3,500 488 Information Technology Directorate Guildford, Central London and Cambridge 325 6,292 130,612 Finance Group Central London, York, Alnwick, Guildford and Bristol 251 4,835 2,102 1This includes budgets which ITD administer for the whole of core MAFF e.g. training, consultancy, maintenance, accommodation etc.
§ Mr. WalterTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total area of set-aside land in the United Kingdom in(a) 1995, (b) 1996 and (c) 1997. [34603]
§ Mr. RookerThe total area of land set-aside under the Arable Area Payments Scheme in the United Kingdom was 605,360 ha in 1995, 476,821 ha in 1996 and 295,334 ha in 1997. In addition 36,534 ha and 15,209 ha were set aside under the Five Year Set-aside Scheme in 1995 and 1996.