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Mr. Welsh
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what subsidies were paid out for environmentally sensitive areas in (a) 1992–93, (b) 1993–94, (c) 1994–95 and (d) 1995–96; and how many individuals were recipients of these payments in these years. [37125]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson
The total payments made under the environmentally sensitive areas scheme and the number of participants for the years requested are set out in the table.
| Amount paid £ thousands | Number of participants | |
| 1992–93 | 1,086 | 802 |
| 1993–94 | 963 | 583 |
| 1994–95 | 1,044 | 717 |
| 1995–96 (to 31 August) | 781 | 847 |
Mr. Welsh
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what area in hectares and percentage terms of environmentally sensitive areas in Scotland is made up of productive, or potentially productive, agricultural land. [37124]
Mr. Robertson
The information is set out in the table.
| Estimated hectares of agricultural land in each designated area | Estimated percentage of total area designated | |
| Breadalbane | 140,000 | 78 |
| Loch Lomond | 36,900 | 75 |
| Stewartry | 48,500 | 82 |
| Central Borders (formerly Whitlaw and Eildon) | 28,800 | 81 |
| Machair of the Uists and Benbecula, Barra and Vatersay | 12,000 | 79 |
| Central Southern Uplands | 220,300 | 81 |
| Western Southern Uplands | 131,000 | 52 |
| Cairngorms Straths | 148,700 | 68 |
| Argyll Islands | 177,400 | 84 |
| Shetland Islands | 144,900 | 99 |
| Total | 1,088,500 | 76 |