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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list farmers and farm companies which rent land from his Department on Salisbury Plain; how much land, in hectares, each of these rent; and which of these farms have been used for military training purposes in the last five years. [222833] Mr. Caplin: Forty three farmers or farm companies currently rent land from the MOD on Salisbury Plain. The information requested is shown below, although, in accordance with the Data Protection Act these have not been listed by name. Land is categorised as either schedule I, or schedule III (there is no longer a schedule II). Military training takes place over all schedule III land. Schedule I land on Salisbury Plain is arable in nature, and located around the edges of the training and impact areas acting as a buffer zone between military activities and the civilian population. Land designated as schedule I attracts higher rents. Generally speaking, schedule I land is not used for training, but depending upon the terms of an individual agreement, and the rights reserved under it, some training may take place, with compensation payable in the event of damage being caused by military personnel. It should be noted that the total number of hectares let out has altered since my last answer on 10 February, and will change again in the next month as work is concluded on grazing licences under the mid-term review. The table details current information where the farm is depicted by a serial number, the relevant schedule and the number of hectares involved. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Farm no. Schedule 1 land in hectares Schedule III in hectares 1 180.36 409.33 2 285.13 824.33 3 24.01 542.13 4 147.3 202.58 5 97.05 0.00 6 129.83 2,165.64 7 0.00 2.50 8 0.00 706.13 9 43.3 298.24 10 256.1 119.10 11 214.1 283.54 12 42.02 160.95 13 313.95 394.73 14 88.0 1,588.72 15 39.46 607.71 16 93.38 283.13 17 99.16 442.39 18 45.21 1,305.6 20 36.02 225.59 21 16.0 538.77 22 218.09 1,099.96 23 184.08 473.48 24 21.82 14.36 25 139.74 263.19 26 209.09 407.55 27 175.08 551.85 28 104.05 1,631.66 29 172.07 24.80 30 0.00 149.86 31 146.06 609.27 32 87.04 0.00 33 59.02 740.82 34 142.06 33.38 35 103.76 956.33 36 0.00 21.91 37 50.47 155.07 38 0.00 179.38 39 390.22 909.12 40 107.98 0.00 41 453.39 870.28 42 325.15 201.78 43 27.69 170.07 Total 5,267.24 20,565.23 Grand total 25,832.47 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1105-6W; 222833

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Armed forces Land Farms Farmers Ministry of Defence Training Tenants Salisbury Plain

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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