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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what value of payments (a) have been made and (b) remain unpaid from the Rural Payments Agency to Welsh farmers, broken down by (i) constituency and (ii) local authority area for each year since the scheme began. [151726] Alun Michael: The following figures relate to payments made to Welsh farmers under the schemes administered by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), since it's creation on 16 October 2001. The information has been provided by county, as breaking down the data by constituency and local authority area could be achieved only at disproportionate cost. Slaughter Premium Scheme (SPS) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. County Amount paid (£) Claims paid Amount unpaid (£) Claims unpaid SPS 2001 scheme year Powys 949,142.78 4,067 1,966.90 133 Gwynedd 1,145,295.95 3,400 0 1 Dyfed 2,170,937.55 7,932 7,702.28 30 Clwyd 1,089,531.08 3,798 0 47 South Glamorgan 189,144.07 517 0 1 Mid Glamorgan 101,975.55 428 0 0 West Glamorgan 127,252.07 442 0 0 Gwent 347,648.32 1,220 68.98 2 Total 6,120,927.37 21,804 9,738.16 214 SPS 2002 scheme year Powys 1,936,838.88 4,530 16,421.97 199 Gwynedd 1,902,937.06 3,211 2,309.23 170 Dyfed 4,111,194.14 8,152 10,058.93 320 Clwyd 1,863,821.23 3,422 16,700.55 131 South Glamorgan 286,707.70 441 134.54 9 Mid Glamorgan 202,331.81 437 288.30 15 West Glamorgan 229,556.44 416 809.64 16 Gwent 654,392.94 1,253 7,343.73 63 Total 11,187,780.20 21,862 54,066.89 923 SPS 2003 scheme year Powys 814,884.68 2,872 1Unknown 1Unknown Gwynedd 532,338.62 1,739 1Unknown 1Unknown Dyfed 1,631,216.48 5,082 1Unknown 1Unknown Clwyd 886,446.12 2,092 1Unknown 1Unknown South Glamorgan 160,487.66 278 1Unknown 1Unknown Mid Glamorgan 73,947.73 230 1Unknown 1Unknown West Glamorgan 88,914.76 234 1Unknown 1Unknown Gwent 282,670.33 789 1Unknown 1Unknown Total 4,470,906.38 13,316 1Unknown 1Unknown _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 2003 scheme year still on-going figures as at January 2004 Over Thirty Months Scheme (OTMS) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. County Amount paid (£) Claims Paid Amount unpaid (£) 1 Claims unpaid OTMS payments 16 October 2001 to 31 December 2001 Powys 843,391.22 2,828 12,000 32 Gwynedd 775,822.93 2,655 9,000 24 Dyfed 4,419,479.41 14,970 34,875 93 Clwyd 1,079,744.08 3,633 10,125 27 South Glamorgan 146,974.88 478 750 2 Mid Glamorgan 119,429.71 410 0 0 West Glamorgan 135,249.99 472 1,500 4 Gwent 570,685.83 1,868 3,750 10 Total 8,090,778.05 27,314 72,000 192 OTMS payments 2002 Powys 3,717,572.46 12,422 37,875 101 Gwynedd 2,773,056.53 9,439 31,875 85 Dyfed 13,436,464.53 45,786 96,000 256 Clwyd 4,291,106.78 14,399 44,250 118 South Glamorgan 434,365.31 1,378 3,750 10 Mid Glamorgan 458,556.67 1,527 3,000 8 West Glamorgan 433,968.41 1,497 9,750 26 Gwent 1,718,300.68 5,753 16,500 44 Total 27,263,391.37 92,201 243,000 648 OTMS payments 2003 Powys 3,491,120.13 12,151 35,250 94 Gwynedd 2,281,981.75 8,155 37,125 99 Dyfed 10,753,321.43 38,393 141,000 376 Clwyd 3,867,087.60 13,434 42,750 114 South Glamorgan 338,412.43 1,127 1,500 4 Mid Glamorgan 341,557.64 1,160 3,375 9 West Glamorgan 296,161.28 1,076 5,625 15 Gwent 14,531,26.91 5,103 29,250 78 Total 22,822,769.17 80,599 295,875 789 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The Rural Payments Agency's OTMS payment system does not calculate animal values until they are eligible for the scheme, The figures for unpaid animals have been calculated using an average payment of £350 each. Livestock Welfare (Disposal) Scheme (LW(D)S) This scheme has since been discontinued and there are no outstanding payments to be made to any Welsh farmers. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. County Amount paid (£) Claims paid LW(D)S payments 16 October 2001 to 31 December 2001 Powys 3,223,518.38 1,889 Gwynedd 818,603.48 799 Dyfed 1,542,907.28 810 Clwyd 624,018.76 421 South Glamorgan 77,391.02 5 Mid Glamorgan 271,002 175 West Glamorgan 172,199.04 81 Gwent 327,034.63 193 Total 7,056,674.59 4,373 LW(D)S payments 2002 Powys 83,615.19 135 Gwynedd 113,093.69 105 Dyfed 68,914.98 67 Clwyd 172,903.61 66 South Glamorgan 1,100 2 Mid Glamorgan 34,370.78 29 Total 473,998.25 404 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. LW(D)S Slaughter Premium Scheme (SPS) top up payments _________________________________________________________________________________________________. County Amount paid (£) Claims paid Powys 418,597 1,658 Gwynedd 68,085 432 Dyfed 283,481 680 Clwyd 132,118 337 South Glamorgan 6,301 7 Mid Glamorgan 16,553 39 West Glamorgan 24,591 40 Gwent 85,763 99 Total 1,035,489 3,292 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Agrimonetary Scheme--16 October 2001 to April 2002 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. County Amount paid (£) Number entitled Clwyd 97,793.70 543 Dyfed 313,785.30 1,976 Gwent 43,708.64 221 Gwynedd 32,048.30 265 Mid Glamorgan 7,231.90 43 Powys 50,077.70 338 South Glamorgan 11,362.02 63 West Glamorgan 5,516.54 54 Grand total 561,524.10 3,503 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. This scheme for dairy farmers was introduced with the intention of offsetting the reduction in prices received by UK dairy farmers resulting from currency fluctuations during 1999 and 2000. There are no outstanding payments for this scheme. The RPA made these payments from October 2001 to April 2002.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

151726; 417 c1444-7W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Agriculture Disease control Farmers Payments Livestock Wales Subsidies Rural Payments Agency Beef premiums Monetary compensatory amounts

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