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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Sir Jerry Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for each of the agri- environmental schemes for which his Department is responsible, (i) actual expenditure in 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96, (ii) provision and estimated outturn of expenditure in 1996-97 and (iii) planned expenditure in 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000, distinguishing in each case between (a) payments to farmers, (b) running costs and (c) monitoring costs. [8010] Mr. Ancram: The details are contained in the following tables. It is not possible at this stage to make forward projections of running or monitoring costs. Payments to Farmers £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Actual Prov{1} Est{2} Planned{3} Expenditure 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 Schemes EAS{4} 465 586 527 1,609 4,236 4,237 4,710 5,103 5,671 HIS{5} -- -- -- -- -- -- 349 349 349 MS{6} -- -- -- -- -- -- 349 349 349 OAS{7} -- -- -- -- -- -- 59 59 59 CAS{8} -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 179 239 Running costs ESA{4} 175 352 492 747 768 HIS{5} -- -- -- -- MS{6} -- -- -- -- OAS{7} -- -- -- -- CAS{8} -- -- -- -- Monitoring costs EAS{4} 43 74 81 100 100 39 HIS{5} -- -- -- -- MS{6} -- -- -- -- OAS{7} -- -- -- -- CAS{8} -- -- -- -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Planned (1995 PES Provision). {2} Current estimated expenditure. {3} Planned (1996 PES provision). {4} Environmentally sensitive areas. {5} Habitat improvement scheme. {6} Moorland scheme. {7} Organic aid scheme. {8} Countryside access scheme.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

8010; 287 c132-4W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Agriculture Environment protection Expenditure Environmentally sensitive areas Operating costs Organic aid scheme

Contains statistics

Yes