Set-aside Land

HC Deb 20 December 2000 vol 360 c205W

Mr. Cox

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what acreage of land is in set-aside in the United Kingdom. [143144]

Ms Quin

The area of land set-aside in the UK under the Arable Area Payments Scheme in 2000 was 567,212 hectares or 1,401,638 acres.