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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 Tuesday, 29 November 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, what estimate she has made of (a) the total and value of grants issued under the Countryside Productivity Scheme in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

Answer

To date, 297 grant funding agreements have been issued for capital grants with a total value of £6,617,384. These are contributing to projects with a total cost of £17.9 million.

108 of the grant funding agreements, with a value of £1,170,980, were issued in 2015. The remaining 189, with a value of £5,446,404 have been issued to date in 2016. Countryside Productivity grants were not available prior to 2015.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
54283
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Countryside Rural development programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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