Organic Management

HC Deb 27 March 2003 vol 402 c329W

David Burnside

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what area of land is under organic management in Northern Ireland. [104557]

Mr. Pearson

The following is the response from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development:

The total area of land in Northern Ireland under organic management is 5,200 hectares.

	Band members	Pay costs1 (£)	Transport costs2 (£)	Band uniform costs (£)	Miscellaneous costs (£)	Total (£)
2000–01	34	1,213,061	80,000	5,772	13,709	1,312,542
2001–02	32	1,214,444	85,000	0	12,951	1,312,395
2002–03	32	1,252,990	90,000	0	3,634	1,346,624
1 Pay costs based on average cost per rank.
2 Estimated transport costs