Written question asked by Paddy Tipping (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 November 1996. It was answered by Jonathan Evans (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 November 1996 on behalf of the Welsh Office.

Welsh Office

Question: If he will set out by county a breakdown of the (a) 1994 and the (b) 1995 arable area payment scheme. - Table given. (Holding answer 28 October 1996).

Answer: Mr. Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many agricultural holdings and what area of agricultural land in hectares came within the arable area payment scheme in each county in Wales in (i) 1995 and (ii) 1996. Mr. Jonathan Evans: [holding answer 28 October 1996]: The information for 1995 is given in the table. The equivalent figures for 1996 are not yet available. Arable area payments scheme 1995 (Number of holdings and area claimed by county) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Simplified scheme Main scheme County Number of Area claimed Number of Area claimed Total number of Total area holdings (ha) holdings (ha) holdings claimed (ha) Clwyd 334 3,350.90 52 3,689.22 386 7,040.12 Dyfed 884 7,925.23 137 8,411.32 1,021 16,336.55 Gwent 184 2,080.45 81 5,115.92 265 7,196.37 Gwynedd 158 1,468.04 19 1,089.70 177 2,557.74 Mid Glamorgan 33 367.14 14 1,392.20 47 1,759.34 Powys 309 3,043.57 60 4,115.76 369 7,159.33 South Glamorgan 61 761.77 33 3,322.79 94 4,084.56 West Glamorgan 66 549.88 10 483.52 76 1,033.40 Total 2,029 19,546.98 406 27,620.43 2,435 47,167.41 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 771; 284 c489-90W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Cereals Wales Set-aside schemes Oilseed rape Arable farming Arable area payments scheme Linseed
Contains statistics: Yes