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Mr. Mallon
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total amount, in grants, paid out by the Department of Agriculture, Northern Ireland, under the agriculture improvement scheme in each of the years since 1985 to applicants from each of the parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Viggers
The information requested is not available by parliamentary constituency. It has been given by county.
| Agriculture Improvement Scheme | |||
| Agriculture Improvement Regulations | |||
| Agriculture Improvement Scheme (National) | |||
| Counties | Grant 1986–87 | Grant 1987–88 | Grant 1988–89 |
| Antrim | 2,706,655 | 1,711,213 | 545,763 |
| Armagh | 1,240,358 | 1,016,101 | 445,891 |
| Down | 361,852 | 452,119 | 265,245 |
| Fermanagh | 708,371 | 730,625 | 618,072 |
| Londonderry | 839,608 | 582,122 | 416,779 |
| Tyrone | 2,567,134 | 2,320,384 | 1,561,530 |
| TOTAL | 8,423,978 | 6,785,564 | 3,853,280 |
| Agriculture Improvement Regulations (European Community) | |||
| Counties | Grant 1986–87 | Grant 1987–88 | Grant 1988–89 |
| Antrim | 396,137 | 972,419 | 1,479,959 |
| Armagh | 357,520 | 1,158,318 | 1,849,241 |
| Down | 206,003 | 682,963 | 859,574 |
| Fermanagh | 191,618 | 604,120 | 1,139,423 |
| Londonderry | 282,782 | 785,043 | 826,249 |
| Tyrone | 439,408 | 1,424,132 | 2,142,174 |
| TOTAL | 1,873,468 | 5,626,995 | 8,296,620 |