§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what grants are available to organic farmers from her Department. [130102]
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Total Conversion option Land eligible for Arable Area Payment Scheme and land in permanent crops (except top fruit orchards) 225 135 30 30 30 450 Top Fruit orchards (cherries, pears, plums and apples—other than cider apples) 600 600 600 30 30 1,860 Other improved land 175 105 23 23 23 349 Unimproved grassland, rough grazing and "managed land" 25 10 5 5 5 50 Maintenance option Land eligible for Arable Area Payment Scheme and land in permanent crops (except top fruit orchards) 30 30 30 30 30 150 Top Fruit orchards (cherries, pears, plums and apples—other than cider apples) 30 30 30 30 30 150 Other improved land 23 23 23 23 23 115 Unimproved grassland, rough grazing and "managed land" 5 5 5 5 5 25 The Department also provides free advice to prospective organic farmers through the Organic Information Conversion Service (OCIS) and the Department's R&D programme includes a large component dealing with research on organic farming.