HC Deb 18 July 2002 vol 389 c481W
Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers successfully applied for reinstatement of quota which was withdrawn by the Agenda 2000 Suckler Cow Premium Scheme quota cut on the grounds that they qualified under an extensification scheme in(a) Gloucestershire and (b) the UK. [69871]

Mr. Morley

Under the Agenda 2000 Suckler Cow Quota Cut Exercise, four extensification reinstatement applications were received from farmers in Gloucestershire, none of which were successful. In the United Kingdom as a whole, a total of 83 extensification reinstatement applications were received, of which five were successful.

Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much(a) suckler cow and (b) sheep annual premium quota has been purchased by the Government; and at what cost. [69819]

Mr. Morley

Up to and including the 2002 scheme year, no sheep or suckler cow quota has been purchased by the Government.

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