HC Deb 25 January 2000 vol 343 c191W
Mr. Chope

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the total value to farmers in Dorset of CAP payments for(a) the 1998 calendar year and (b) the 1998–99 financial year. [105260]

Ms Quin

The information requested is not yet available. Figures for the calendar year 1998 are expected to become available in the near future.

Mr. Chope

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farms in(a) Cornwall, (b) Devon, (c) Somerset and (d) Dorset received CAP payments in 1998. [105259]

Ms Quin

CAP payments in 1998 were paid to the following number of farms:

Number of farms
Cornwall1 3,796
Devon 6,807
Somerset 3,524
Dorset 1,648
1 Includes holdings on the Isles of Scilly.

These figures may exclude some farms which made small claims under agri-environment schemes. Precise figures on those farms could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

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