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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what payments were made in each of the last five years broken down by (a) scheme, (b) county and (c) farm size, for (i) the countryside stewardship scheme, (ii) arable stewardship (up to 2000), (iii) the energy crops scheme, (iv) the environmentally sensitive areas, (v) the farm woodland premium scheme, (vi) the hill farm allowance scheme, (vii) the organic farming scheme, (viii) the woodland grant scheme, (ix) the processing and marketing grant, (x) the rural enterprise scheme and (xi) the vocational training scheme. [54476] Alun Michael: The following table shows expenditure on the England Rural Development Programme schemes for the last five years. A further breakdown by county or farm size is not readily available. Payments by scheme for five years--England £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Countryside stewardship 15,708 19,896 23,359 28,890 47,326 Arable stewardship -- -- 470 863 1,500 Energy crops scheme -- -- -- -- 234 Environmentally sensitive 28,600 37,600 39,500 40,900 48,300 areas Farm woodland premium 4,700 5,400 5,900 6,000 7,500 Hill farm allowance -- -- -- -- 42,346 Organic farming scheme 700 1,200 2,300 15,400 26,600 Woodland grant scheme 15,723 18,151 18,416 16,957 16,590 Processing and marketing -- -- -- -- 237 grant Rural enterprise scheme -- -- -- -- 573 Vocational training scheme -- -- -- -- 332 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

385 c416-8W; 54476

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Agriculture Farms Payments Rural development programme Woodland grant scheme Hill farming Subsidies Arable farming Environmentally sensitive areas Farm woodland premium scheme Organic farming Countryside stewardship scheme

Contains statistics

Yes

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