§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the(a) payments made and (b) running costs have been of the (i) arable area payment scheme, (ii) suckler cow premium scheme, (iii) hill livestock compensatory allowance, (iv) hill farming allowance, (v) countryside stewardship scheme and (vi) environmentally sensitive areas schemes since 1996. [29995]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 24 January 2002]: The amounts paid for (i) arable area payments scheme were:
£ Scheme year Amount paid Administration costs 1996 1,054,740,241 6,824,000 1997 1,055,721,796 6,388,000 1998 985,942,025 6,730,000 1999 1,130,409,358 6,347,000 2000 882,979,696 1 7,222,000 1 Estimated outturn The amounts paid for (ii) suckler cow premium scheme were:
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£ Scheme year Amount paid Administration costs 1996 81,524,702 2,685,900 1997 78,762,180 2,373,600 1998 77,854,276 2,493,300 1999 70,567,139 3,752,071 2000 67,923,516 3,742,781 The amounts paid for (iii) hill livestock compensatory allowance were:
£ Scheme year Amount paid Administration costs 1996 27,128,357 1,127,000 1997 41,398,518 996,000 1998 28,086,148 1,046,000 1999 44,288,837 1,755,281 2000 43,666,451 927,037 There were no amounts paid for (iv) hill farm allowance for these periods.
The amounts paid for (v) countryside stewardship scheme were:
£ Scheme year Amount paid Administration costs 1996 12,468,000 2,031,000 1997 17,126,000 1,793,000 1998 22,030,000 1,884,000 1999 26,038,000 1,773,000 2000 31,915,000 2,918,000 The amounts paid for (vi) environmentally sensitive areas scheme were:
£ million Scheme year Amount paid Administration costs 1996 27,591,000 1,461,000 1997 32,984,000 1,290,000 1998 36,376,000 1,355,000 1999 41,144,000 1,743,000 2000 43,807,000 2,005,000