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Written question asked by Mary Creagh (Labour) on Monday, 20 June 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 June 2011. It was answered by James Paice (Conservative) on Monday, 27 June 2011 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Farms: Outdoor Education

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding her Department provided for educational visits by school children to farms in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answer

Payments are available to farmers who host farm educational visits as part of an agri-environment scheme agreement (the Higher Level Stewardship element of Environmental Stewardship, and its predecessor Countryside Stewardship).£1.55 million was spent on annual (revenue) payments for educational visits to farms in 2010-11, with well over 100,000 children having benefited from these visits.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
61557; 530 c492W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Farms Educational visits
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk