§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will indicate for each component item of502W the farm aid package announced on 30 March 2000 whether the funding provided is ring-fenced on an annual basis. [147850]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 30 January 2001]: Each component item of the £203.5 million farm aid package announced on 30 March 2000 was allocated for a particular purpose and time scale. The Regional Development Agencies have provision to carry over their share of this funding from one year to the next. It has also been agreed that the following underspends in 2000–01 can be carried over into 2001–02: £4.4 million on the Farm Business Advice Service, £3.9 million on the Pig Industry Restructuring Scheme, £0.6 million on the Agricultural Development Scheme and £0.3 million on the Rural Portal.