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Set-Aside Scheme

Volume 201: debated on Monday 16 December 1991

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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.

Applications for the 4th year (1991–92) of the set-aside scheme

Number of applications2 received

Hectares set-aside

England67324,396·98
Wales6177·02

Applications for the temporary one-year set-aside scheme (1991–92)

Number of applications2 received

Hectares set-aside1

England74212,651·75
Wales794·81

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

1988–89 £ million

1989–90 £ million

1990–91 £ million

Expenditure (England)

17·4

115·30

222·30

Number of participants (England)1,2412,3203,064
Expenditure (Wales)

l0·129

10·231

20·355

Number of participants (Wales)304158

1 Actual

2 Estimated