HC Deb 14 February 2002 vol 380 cc662-3W
Mr. Simon Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how CAP funding is spent in the United Kingdom broken down by(a) types of schemes and (b) nations. [31254]

Mr. Morley

[pursuant to his reply, 5 February 2002, c. 896W]: My answer referred to a table entitled "Subsidies Paid Directly to Farmers in 2001". The last two rows of the table showed values for total other subsidies and total subsidies. Unfortunately, these totals

Subsidies paid directly to farmers in 2001
£ million
England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland UK
Subsidies on product
Crop subsidies
Arable area payments on:
Wheat 330 2 16 1 349
Barley 180 5 68 7 259
Other cereal crops 22 1 5 1 27
Oilseed rape 94 1 9 1 103
Linseed 10 1 1 1 10
Peas and beans-stockfeed and human consumption 67 1 1 2 68
Other crops 7 1 1 1 8
Other crop subsidies 3 2 1 2 3
Livestock subsidies:
Beef special premium 126 24 46 46 242
Suckler cow premium 80 25 61 45 211
Slaughter premium 49 7 13 15 84
Extensification payment scheme 50 15 34 27 126
Over-30-months scheme 91 17 23 26 157
Beef national envelope 11 3 8 5 26
Sheep annual premium 74 53 42 13 182
FMD light lambs 1 2 2 2 5
Other subsidies
Dairy agrimonetary compensation 56 8 6 9 79
Total subsidies on products 1,249 162 334 194 1,940
Other subsidies
Set-aside 162 1 20 1 184
Other animal disease compensation 11 1 1 16 29
Less favoured areas support schemes 42 42 61 18 164
Agri-environment schemes: 145 34 34 7 220
Countryside Stewardship 49 2 2 2 49
Countryside Premium (Scotland) 2 2 9 2 9
Tir Cymen and Tir Gofal 2 13 2 2 13
Organic Farming 27 3 5 1 35
Environmentally Sensitive Areas 48 7 10 5 71
Nitrate Sensitive Areas 3 2 2 2 3
Woodland Schemes 8 1 5 2 14
SSSI3 9 2 5 2 16
Other 2 8 1 1 10
Total other subsidies 360 79 115 43 596
Total subsidies 1,609 242 449 237 2,536
1 Negligible, less than 0.5
2 Not applicable
3 Payments for sites of special scientific interest are not part of CAP

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