HC Deb 11 April 2002 vol 383 cc597-8W
Mr. Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what average payments per hectare from the Common Agricultural Policy's production subsidies are received by(a) non-organic farmers and (b) organic farmers. [46627]

Mr. Morley

Subsidies to production are available, either as direct payments per hectare or per head of livestock, or as support to prices through market support mechanisms. No distinction is made between organic and non-organic production for determining the eligibility of these subsidies.

Data is not available to calculate the average payment per hectare for organic and non-organic farmers.