Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 10 January 2000,Official Report, column 99W, if he will list by value the CAP payments including agri-environment schemes, broken down by individual category which were paid to farmers in Worcestershire in the calendar year 1998. [105589]
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§ Ms QuinProvisional figures for CAP payments made to farmers in Hereford and Worcester in 1998 were as follows.
£ Schemes Payments Arable area payments 25,553,526 Environmentally sensitive area1 29,839 Sheep annual premium 8,288,360 Suckler cow premium 6,452,000 Farm woodland premium1 216,811 Farm woodland1 250,990 Organic aid1 34,559 Nitrate sensitive area1 31,657 Countryside stewardship1 497,908 Habitat1 6,838 Beef special premium 6,757,687 Total 48,120,175 1 These amounts include national as well as EU funding Note:
Data is not available separately for Worcester because our administration operates on the combined county of Hereford and Worcester. We estimate that Worcester totals are broadly 40 per cent. of the combined total.
Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what the total value was of CAP payments made to Worcestershire farmers in the calendar years 1990 to 1997. [105497]
§ Ms QuinThe total value of CAP payments to farmers in Hereford and Worcester for the years 1994–97 were as follows:
£ 1994 41,755,007 1995 49,161,871 1996 54,819,063 1997 49,498,031 Finalised data are not available separately for Worcestershire because our administration operates on the combined county of Hereford and Worcester.
These totals include national as well as EU funding.
Data for 1990–93 are unavailable as computer systems were not in place at that time.
Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answers of 10 January 2000,Official Report, column 99W, if he will list the 10 largest recipients of CAP payments made to farms in Worcestershire in the calendar year 1998. [105512]
§ Ms QuinSuch a list is commercially sensitive, and as such the rules of confidentiality preclude disclosure and publication.