To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which crops were proposed for each acre of agreed set-aside land for each year since 1988; and if he will make a statement.
Detailed information on base year crops, cropping patterns in the year prior to the entry of land into set-aside and the green cover crops sown on fallowed set-aside land is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farmers in England and Wales have applied for the set-aside scheme for 1991–92; how many hectares of land are involved; what was the total expenditure for set-aside schemes for each year since 1988; how many farmers benefited; and if he will make a statement.
The information requested is shown in the table:
Applications for the 4th year (1991–92) of the set-aside scheme
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Number of applications2 received
| Hectares set-aside
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England | 673 | 24,396·98 |
Wales | 6 | 177·02 |
Applications for the temporary one-year set-aside scheme (1991–92)
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Number of applications2 received
| Hectares set-aside1
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England | 742 | 12,651·75 |
Wales | 7 | 94·81 |
1 Approved to date. | ||
2 The figures shown in the table relate to applications received, they are provisional and liable to adjustment in the light of eligibility and withdrawals. |
Set-aside: Total expenditure by scheme year
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1988–89 £ million
| 1989–90 £ million
| 1990–91 £ million
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Expenditure (England) | 17·4 | 115·30 | 222·30 |
Number of participants (England) | 1,241 | 2,320 | 3,064 |
Expenditure (Wales) | l0·129 | 10·231 | 20·355 |
Number of participants (Wales) | 30 | 41 | 58 |
1 Actual | |||
2 Estimated |