To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what subsidies were paid out for environmentally sensitive areas in Wales for (a) 1992–93, (b) 1993–94, (c) 1994–95, (d) 1995–96; and how many individuals were recipients of these payments in these years. [37127]

The amount of subsidies paid out for environmentally sensitive areas in Wales was:

• 1992–93:£1,503,000
• 1993–94: £1,542,000
• 1994–95: £1,536,000

Provision for 1995–96 is £6,971,000 as shown in the 1995–96 Main Supply Estimates, Class XV, Vote 1 (CM 271-XV).Information on the number of recipients receiving payments by financial year is not held.The number of live management agreements at the end of each financial year was:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what area, in hectares and percentage terms, of environmentally sensitive areas in Wales is made up of productive, or potentially productive, agricultural land. [37126]

The following is the information:

	Hectares productive land	Percentage of total area
Cambrian Mountains	118,780	77.3
Lleyn Peninsula	41,304	90.9
Radnor	91,769	91.6
Ynys Mon	66,063	92.5
Preseli	113,878	94.2
Clwydian Range	25,725	92.3
	457,519	88.1

The figures quoted exclude urban areas, mineral workings, open water and rivers, unvegetated land and coniferous forests which are within the respective environmentally sensitive areas.