§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many appeals against derogations on maps under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 have(a) been lodged and (b) succeeded. [123405]
§ Alun MichaelUp to the week beginning 16 June the Planning Inspectorate received 188 appeals in respect of Region 1, the south east of England and 721 appeals in respect of Region 2, the upper north west. So far three appeal decisions have been issued, two of which were successful.
In addition, 24 appeals have so far been received for Region 3, the central southern region.
507WThese figures relate to England. Information on appeals in Wales is a matter for the National Assembly for Wales.
§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many representations she has received on the mapping of land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. [123407]
§ Alun MichaelBetween 2001 to the end of June 2003, we received around 600 representations on aspects of the implementation of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 including mapping.
Scheme 1 January 1 April Claims outstanding as at 26 June 2003 Value of outstanding claims as at 26 June 2003 (£) Arable area payments scheme 2002 main payments 0 106 55 577,120.20 AAPS 2002 non-food 0 309 20 61,820.51 Sheep annual premium scheme 0 83 74 450,760 Dairy subsidy schemes 0 7 0 0 Non IACS schemes 37 80 38 8,227 Trader schemes 0 0 114 4- ERDP 0 0 7,858 4- Slaughter premium scheme (SPS) 174,167 156,673 2138,606 6,885,946 Beef special premium scheme (BSPS) 135,278 125,414 257,230 24,093,540 Suckler cow premium scheme (SCPS) 116,257 19,816 212,407 33,993,594 Extensification payment scheme (EPS) n/a 122,467 216,783 30 million (estimate) 1claims with an outstanding advance payment representing 80 per cent. of the payment due which could have been made from 16 October 2002. 2Claims with an outstanding balance and or advance payment. 32003-04 financial year 4Values not available
§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the value of compensation payments to farmers as a result of late payments by the Rural Payments Agency was in each year since it was created. [122842]
§ Alun MichaelSince the Rural Payments Agency was created on 16 October 2001, payments of compensation because of late payments has been made under the Bovine Schemes and the Arable Area Payments Scheme (AAPS)
In 2003–04 £383,013.36 was paid to 3,439 bovine producers whose 2001 subsidy claims were paid in full after the statutory payment deadline of 30 June 2002. The delays had been caused by the need to crosscheck all subsidy information against the Cattle Tracing System database as required by EU legislation.
Under the AAPS producers have been compensated for a number of reasons included late payments. The total amount of compensation payments in each year since 16 October 2001 is:
£ 2001/02 11,945.79 2002–03 35,804.70 2003–04 9,666.70