§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown of subsidy payments to farmers in Shropshire in the last year for which data are available; and if he will make a statement. [105528]
§ Ms QuinSubsidy payments to farmers in Shropshire for 1998 were as follows:
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Annual payments (£) 81,320,242 101,908,237 112,923,171 108,482,281 101,157,691 Average payment per farmer (£) 1,888.02 2,412.43 2,693.46 2,697.29 2,654.57 Number of claims made 114,599 123,221 135,877 134,373 117,311 Number of claims rejected 2,023 1,994 2,263 2,108 1,349 Rejected claims as a percentage of the total claims made 1.77 1.62 1.67 1.57 1.15