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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 November 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 November 2016. It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Friday, 2 December 2016 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Rural Development Programme: Countryside

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many rejected applications for funding from the Countryside Productivity Scheme there have been in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

Answer

To date 618 applications have been received for Countryside Productivity grants and 175 have been rejected. Of the 175 applications for funding which have been rejected, 164 of these were rejected in 2015 and 11 in 2016. Countryside Productivity grants were not available prior to 2015.

298 grant funding agreements have been issued for capital grants with a total value of £6,670,284. 108 agreements were issued for a total value of £1,170,980 in 2015. 190 funding agreements were issued for a total value of £5,499,304 in 2016.

Of the remaining applications, 34 were incomplete, 94 were withdrawn, 2 have been recently received and are being checked for completeness before appraisal, 6 are in appraisal and 9 have been recently approved but are waiting for contracts.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
54282
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Countryside Rural development programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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