§ Jackie BallardTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many claims for funding the UK has made under Objective 5A for modernisation in agriculture, in each of the last three financial years. [56485]
§ Mr. MorleyAid for on-farm investments was implemented in the UK through the Farm and Conservation Grant Scheme. Although the scheme closed to new applications in 1994, grant continues to be paid on planned investments. The UK has made a claim in each of the last three years to the European Commission for expenditure incurred in the previous calendar year as shown in the table.
£ million Year Amount claimed 1995 2.6 1996 2.0 1997 1.3