§ Mr. WeirTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been paid to small farmers in(a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England in each of the last five years for set-aside. [70437]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 17 July 2002]Small farmers, defined in the EU's Arable Area Payments Scheme (AAPS) as those claiming for an area producing not more than the equivalent of 92 tonnes of cereals, have only been eligible for set-aside payments since the year 2000. Approximate figures for payments since then are as follows.
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£ 2000 2001 (a) Scotland 211 311 (b) Wales 15 61 (c) England 957 2,924