Common Agricultural Policy

HC Deb 27 January 2004 vol 417 cc251-2W

David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much money from the Common Agricultural Policy has gone into the Yorkshire and Humber region in each of the past five years. [143305]

Alun Michael

The table shows the payments made by the Rural Payments Agency and its predecessors under the Common Agricultural Policy in the Yorkshire and Humber region in each of the past five European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund years—16 October to 15 October. The figures quoted for 1999 relate to the period from 1 March of that year when the Agency introduced its new accounting system.

	Amount(£)
1999	147,906,481.89
2000	265,826,830.32
2001	265,162,593.53
2002	254,428,355.91
2003	256,035,777.90