HC Deb 18 November 2002 vol 394 cc6-7W
Mr. Peter Duncan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farm businesses were in receipt of slaughter premium during each of the last three years. [80141]

Alun Michael

Information is available only on the number of producers who received slaughter premium scheme payments. These details are set out in the table. Because the scheme in Great Britain was administered by different Government Departments in relation to the over and under thirty-month elements of the scheme, there is an element of double counting. Full details are given in the footnotes.

Number of producers to receive payment under the Slaughter Premium Scheme
20001 20012 20023
England
Adult 33,264 29,076
UTM1 30,560
OTM1 26,090
Veal 75 825 490
Total
Wales
Adult 8,178 6,886
UTM1 5,322
OTM1 7,137
Veal 14 112 78
Total
Scotland
Adult 7,776
UTM1 5,566 6,561
OTM1 6,006 4,963
Veal 2 0 16
Total
Northern Ireland
Adult 19,898 19,286 11,873
Veal 243 217 97
Total
1 UTM = under thirty months. OTM = over thirty months.
2 The figures quoted here are the number of producers who have received payments.
3 The 2002 scheme is still open. The figures quoted are the number of producers who have submitted claims for premium so far.

Notes:

England and Wales

During the 2000 scheme year, the Slaughter Premium Scheme for England and Wales was administered as two separate schemes. The UTM element for England was administered by the then Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), and the OTM and UTM element was administered by the then Intervention Board. In 2001, these elements were combined for producers in England and Wales.

Scotland

During the 2000 and 2001 scheme years, the OTM element of the scheme was administered by the Intervention Board, and latterly, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) administered the UTM element. In 2002, SEERAD took over the full responsibility for both elements and combined them to run as one adult scheme.

Northern Ireland

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) have administered the adult scheme as one element since the 2000 scheme year.