Written question asked by Lord Fearn (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 8 February 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 February 2001. It was answered by Janet Anderson (Labour) on Thursday, 15 February 2001 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what incentives the Government makes available to farmers to encourage tourism in the English countryside. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Fearn: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what incentives the Government make available to farmers to encourage tourism in the English countryside. [150131] Janet Anderson: The England rural development programme's rural enterprise scheme will help farmers and others to develop tourism and craft initiatives in order to assist in the development of more sustainable, diversified and enterprising rural economies and communities. Rural England will receive, in total, around £152 million of rural enterprise scheme funding from April 2001 to the end of 2006. The programme's agri-environment measures also help to promote tourism by encouraging farmers to conserve and enhance the intrinsic attractiveness of English landscapes. Similar funding arrangements exist for areas classified as objective 1 for European structural funds support.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 363 c231-2W; 150131
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Grants Farmers EU grants and loans Tourism Rural areas Diversification Rural development programme
Contains statistics: Yes
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