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Welsh Office

Answer

Sir Jerry Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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. [8009] Mr. Jonathan Evans: The information requested for 1992-93 to 1996-97 is set out in the table. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will make a statement about future public expenditure in Wales shortly. £ thousands _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Scheme 1992- 93 1993- 94 1994- 95 1995- 96 1996- 97 (a) Payments to farmers Countryside access scheme -- -- -- -- 2 Environmentally sensitive 1,503 1,542 1,536 2,425 2,917 areas Habitat scheme -- -- -- -- 300 Moorland scheme -- -- -- -- 50 Organic aid scheme -- -- -- 7 50 Tir Cymen{1} -- 1,540 2,940 3,500 4,980 Total 1,503 3,082 4,476 5,932 8,299 (b) Running costs{2} 1,429 1,886 2,648 2,695 2,726 (c) Monitoring costs{2} 405 716 962 920 904 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Tir Cymen is operated by the Countryside Council for Wales. {2} Information on running and monitoring costs for each individual scheme is not available.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

8009; 287 c175W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Administration Costs Expenditure Wales Environmentally sensitive areas Operating costs Agri-environment action plan Organic aid scheme

Contains statistics

Yes