§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department and its predecessors spent on compensatory payments to farmers, broken down by(a) type and (b) region, in each year since 1997. [91217]
§ Alun MichaelThe amounts of compensatory payments made since 1997 are as follows:
Scheme Scheme year payments (in £million) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 AAPS1 87.2 883.0 1,130.4 985.9 1,055.7 SAPS1 59.4 105.4 143.0 167.7 117.6 BSPS1 121.2 114.7 142.7 127.0 135.7 ESP1 45.1 56.3 0 0 0 SPS 33.1 26.1 0 0 0 SCPS1 67.9 775 106.0 77.9 78.8 HLCA Closed Closed 40.7 25.8 38.4 HFA 39.0 42.6 0 0 0 ERDP2 90.8 85.8 64.2 55.4 44.5 DAIRY3 54.9 15.6 0 0 0 1Includes Agrimonetary compensation 2Relates to Financial years. 3Relates to calendar year payments. The information is not available broken down by regions.
HFA applications are made in one year and paid in the Spring of the following year. Therefore the figure for 2001 is for applications made in 2000.