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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the budget from that allocated to her Department under the Department expenditure limit set in the comprehensive spending review of 2002 is for each year from 2001-02 to 2005-06 for (a) environmental protection; (b) water services; (c) support for the agriculture, food and fishing industries; (d) flood defence; (e) support for hill farming; (f) regional/rural development; (g) support for countryside and wildlife; (h) nature and forestry and (i) animal health and disease control, including payments for BSE, FMD, TB and other zoonoses, broken down by (i) resource and (ii) capital. [99288] Alun Michael: The years 2001-02 and 2002-03 do not form part of the spending review 2002, so the requested information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Details of allocated budgets for 2003-04 to 2005-06 will be published in the spring 2003 departmental report. The information will include how budgets are allocated to deliver the Department's functions and objectives.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

99288; 400 c750-1W;400 c743W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Compensation Agriculture Countryside Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Finance Fisheries Flood control Diseases Environment protection Disease control Foot and mouth disease Forestry Public expenditure Water supply Regional planning and development Wildlife Rural areas Subsidies Tuberculosis BSE Hill farming

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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