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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate Sir Don Curry made of the funding necessary to implement his Food and Farming Report; what funding she is making available for it; by what mechanism those funds are to be allocated amongst rural areas; how...

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 July 2004

For answer on

21 July 2004

Answered on

21 July 2004

Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate Sir Don Curry made of the funding necessary to implement his Food and Farming Report; what funding she is making available for it; by what mechanism those funds are to be allocated among rural areas; how much will be paid to each region; how much will be used in urban areas; and if she will make a statement. [182561] Alun Michael: Sir Don Curry estimated that implementation of the recommendations in the report of the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food would cost in the region of an extra £500 million over the following three years. The Government's Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food (SSFF), which builds on the work of the Curry Commission, was launched in December 2002. As part of the 2002 Spending Review, the Government announced a sum of £500 million to implement the strategy. This is in addition to existing spending by Defra and other Government Departments which is already being used to deliver aspects of the strategy. The additional funding provided covers a number of major aspects of the strategy. These include the new Environmental Stewardship Scheme (Entry Level and Higher Level) and the IT system to underpin all the England Rural Develop Programme (ERDP) schemes; improvements in livestock traceability and other major animal health and welfare measures; and new food chain initiatives such as the Food Chain Centre and English Farming and Food Partnerships. Regional delivery of the strategy will be facilitated by many public body and industry representatives and these organisations will work together with both resource and funding support to deliver the vision set out in the strategy. They are making use of Government grants, industry support and the resources of Government Offices and Regional Development Agencies, as well as other Government bodies participating in regional steering groups. Existing support programmes, including the ERDP have been targeted to deliver SSFF regional action plans. Hitherto, land-based scheme budgets have not been managed on a regional basis, but they will be in future when the new ERDP IT system is rolled-out next year. Budgets for the three ERDP project-based schemes are managed on a regional basis, and the following table summarises expenditure on these schemes in 2003-04: £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Processing and marketing grant Rural enterprise scheme1 Vocational training scheme East Midlands 3,021 3,541 297 East of England 998 2,297 303 North East 670 1,882 52 North West 1,264 2,477 453 South East 962 2,408 246 South West 1,255 3,948 451 West Midlands 1,090 3,112 367 Yorks and Humberside 758 2,318 211 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 RES funds are also available to non-farming businesses. Given the number of public and industry bodies contributing to regional delivery, it is not possible to quantify precisely the level of support available to fund regional delivery. Implementation of SSFF is one of the core tasks of the Government Offices and Regional Development Agencies, and their funding from Defra reflects this. Funding for the Government Offices is provided directly by Defra. The current Defra contribution to the RDA `single pot', administered by DTI, is to enable RDAs to address rural productivity issues, which are a key factor in achieving the outcomes of the national Sustainable Food and Farming Strategy. In addition, Defra is making a further £1.5 million available to the RDAs in the current financial year to assist with the implementation of regional delivery plans. New tasking arrangements for RDAs, which will take effect from April 2005, will include specific reference to contributing to delivering a customer- focused, competitive and sustainable farming and food industry. It is not possible to differentiate precisely between funds that will be spent in rural areas and funds that will be spent in urban areas, but it is clear that the vast bulk will be spent in rural areas.

Date

21 July 2004

Reference

182561; 424 c242-3W

House

House of Commons

Whitty, Lord

Whether Regulation 4(3) of the Entry Level Agri-Environment (Pilot) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/838) means that the pilot will last for five years, or that it will be possible for later entrants to benefit for five years. [HL 4861]. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Baroness Byford (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 October 2003

Reference

654 c16-7WA; HL 4861

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Commission's proposals for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy on farms which entered into agri-environmental schemes before or during the reference period.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 June 2003

Reference

114092; 406 c724W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what European Union funding is available to support farmers to encourage non-use of pesticides on crops; and what recent discussions have taken place with EU representatives regarding organic foods.

Asked by

Jimmy Wray (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 June 2003

Reference

115136; 406 c417W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department's proposed `broad and shallow' agri-environment scheme will include measures which will help alleviate soil erosion and run-off from the land.

Asked by

Anne Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 April 2003

Reference

108530; 404 c20-1W

House

House of Commons

Entry Level Agri-Environment Scheme (Pilot) (England) Regulations 2003

SI 2003/838. (Negative instrument). Coming into force. 18 April 2003

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

25 March 2003

Reference

SI 2003/838

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Written statement on pilots for entry level agri-environment scheme in England

Written statement on pilots for entry level agri-environment scheme in England.

Member

Baroness Beckett (Labour)

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written statements

Date

27 February 2003

Reference

400 c26-8WS

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to rationalise the special projects scheme; and if she will make a statement about her plans for its future.

Asked by

Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 January 2003

Reference

93745; 398 c881W;398 c877W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the review of access arrangements within English Rural Development Programme agri-environment schemes; and when the results of the review will be published.

Asked by

Paddy Tipping (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 December 2002

Reference

87863; 396 c800W;396 c798W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out the timetable for the review of land based English Rural Development Programme agri-environment schemes. - Inc figures and ref to http://defraweb/erdp/schemes/landbased/review/consultnew.htm .

Asked by

Paddy Tipping (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 December 2002

For answer on

18 December 2002

Answered on

18 December 2002

Paddy Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will set out the timetable for the review of land based English rural development programme agri-environment schemes. [87862] Mr. Meacher: The agri-environment schemes review consists of three phases. The first phase centred on an initial consultation, held between March and May 2002. This asked for views on the existing schemes and explored what people would like to see in future schemes. There were over 130 responses to this consultation, which were analysed in a report produced in July 2002. This is available on the DEFRA website at: http://defraweb/erdp/schemes/landbased/review/ consultnew.htm. The second phase of the review is currently in progress. It consists of two main areas of work: the production of a framework document setting out the future direction of agri-environment schemes, and the development of a pilot scheme to test the proposed entry-level scheme. The framework document was issued for consultation on 16 December 2002, and responses are sought by 28 February 2003. I announced the pilot areas for the entry level scheme on 14 November 2002 and the pilot scheme is due to be launched next spring. The third phase of the review will involve the detailed design and development of the main entry-level scheme and a revised higher-tier scheme, intended to incorporate the best features from both the countryside stewardship and environmentally sensitive areas schemes. It is hoped to complete the review in the summer of 2004, when details of both schemes are sent to the European Commission for approval. The new schemes should open for applications early in 2005.

Date

18 December 2002

Reference

87862; 396 c800W;396 c798W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much paperwork is involved in the agri-scheme; how easy it will be to access, what account the scheme will take of work already done; how it will be funded; and how it will be policed. - (Holding...

Asked by

Laurence Robertson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2002

Reference

79245; 392 c352-3W;392 c371-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much land was covered by the major agri-environment schemes in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 1997, (d) 1998, (e) 1999, (f) 2000 and (g) 2001; and if she will make a statement. - Inc table.

Asked by

David Laws (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 July 2002

For answer on

11 July 2002

Answered on

11 July 2002

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much land was covered by the major agri-environment schemes in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 1997, (d) 1998, (e) 1999, (f) 2000 and (g) 2001; and if she will make a statement. [69157] Mr. Morley: Details for the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, the Countryside Stewardship and the Organic Farming Schemes are set out in the table in hectares. The area of land under these schemes continues to increase. The Government are firmly committed to agri- environment schemes, and a significant increase of funding was announced in 2000 at the beginning of the England Rural Development Programme. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. ESA CSS OFS 1990 111,550 -- -- 1995 424,567 {1}90,900 2,118 1997 469,121 118,300 6,130 1998 501,255 139,900 10,683 1999 523,545 192,100 16,095 2000 531,900 263,300 {2}115,387 2001 579,204 {2}333,300 {2}112,832 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Total for 1991-95 when the scheme was operated by the then Countryside Commission. The former MAFF assumed responsibility for the scheme in 1996. {2} Provisional estimates. Note: Organic Aid Scheme operated until 1999 when it became the Organic Farming Scheme.

Date

11 July 2002

Reference

388 c1130W; 69157

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals she has for the provision of free farm business and environmental assessment advice by her Department on Common Agricultural Policy support for individual farms; what plans she has to increase environmental and rural development scheme funding...

Asked by

Ann Winterton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 February 2002

Reference

33382; 379 c993W;379 c989W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what incentives are being provided by her Department to farmers and landowners practising environmentally conscious methods of land use on their property; and if she will make a statement. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 February 2002

Reference

31615; 379 c750W;379 c746W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with HM Treasury on match funding for European Union agri-environment scheme subsidies; what steps she has taken to press for the introduction of modulation of direct compensation payments to farmers as part...

Asked by

Ann Winterton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

31 January 2002

Reference

31513; 379 c476-7W;379 c472-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will seek a revision of the definition of agriculture within tenancy legislation to include rural development and agri-environment activities. - (Holding answer 24 January 2002).

Asked by

Colin Breed (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 January 2002

Reference

29986; 378 c1170-1W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on agri-environment schemes in each year since 1997. - Includes table.

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 January 2002

Reference

377 c993W;377 c995W; 25621

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase the area of farmed land subject to countryside stewardship schemes. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Ann Winterton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 November 2001

Reference

374 c448W; 12810

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to encourage a broader availability of stewardship schemes under the modulation and environmental subsidies scheme; and if she will make a statement. - Inc figures (holding answer 5 November 2001).

Asked by

Laurence Robertson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2001

Reference

12358; 374 c147W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 01/743

Task force for the hills. MAFF. 2001.

Deposited by

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Type

Deposited papers

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

DEP 01/743

House

House of Lords; House of Commons

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