§ Mr. WeirTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been paid to small family farms in(a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England in each of the last five years for environmental schemes.[[70438]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 17 July 2002]: Average environmental scheme payments to small full-time farms in England as recorded by the Farm Business Survey are given in the table. Requests for information on payments in Scotland should be referred to the Scottish parliament. Requests for information on payments in Wales should be referred to the National Assembly for Wales.
Average environmental scheme* payments to full-time small farms in England (£ per farm) 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 England 350 450 630 990 980 *Includes Environmentally sensitive area, organic farming, organic aid, countryside stewardship, woodland grant, farm woodland premium, nitrate sensitive area, moorland, habitat, countryside access and SSSI schemes