asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the amount of the hill ewe subsidy in each of the last five years; and to how many farmers it overpaid.
The information is given below:
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the amount of the hill cow subsidy in its last year of operation, the amount of the hill compensatory amounts in each year since then and in each case the number of farmers to which they were paid.
The last payments under the former Hill Cattle (Scotland) Scheme were made in 1975 when a total of £11,465,973, including winter keep and crofters headage supplements, was paid to 13,021 claimants. Details of the amounts paid in Scotland on hill cows in each of the years 1976 and 1977 under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1975 are given below:
| Scheme Year | Total Amount Paid | |||
| 1976 | … | … | … | £13,329,966 |
| 1977 | … | … | … | £13,005,021 |
| (provisional) | ||||
| Scheme Year | Total No. of Claims | |||
| 1976 | … | … | … | 14,506 |
| 1977 | … | … | … | 13,726 |
| (provisional) |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the amount of the beef cow subsidy paid to farmers in Scotland during each of the last three years; and to how many farmers it was paid.
The information is given below:
| Scheme Year | Total Amount Paid | |
| 1975 | … | £948,431 |
| 1976 | … | £890,395 |
| 1977(provisional) | … | £824,934 |
| Scheme Year | Total No. of Claims | |
| 1975 | … | 3,645 |
| 1976 | … | 3,301 |
| 1977 (provisional) | … | 2,901 |