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Mr. Tipping
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list for each county (a) the total cost and (b) the (i) minimum, (ii) average and (iii) maximum payment made under the arable area payments scheme in 1996. [11319]
Mr. Rooker
The following table sets out figures for the total payments received by each claimant on a county basis. Payments are attributed to the county in which the claimant's main holding is situated.
| align="center">1996 Arable Area Payments Scheme: payments made by MAFF, by county | ||||
County
| Total cost (a) £
| Minimum payment (b)(i) £
| Average payment (b)(ii) £
| Maximum payment (b)(iii) £
|
| Oxfordshire | 38,316,438.90 | 70.72 | 41,512.93 | 587,762.52 |
| Shropshire | 25,216,768,32 | 163.86 | 15,750.64 | 781,745.97 |
| Somerset | 14,391,039.60 | 276.74 | 11,624.43 | 175,407.28 |
| Staffordshire | 14,959,966.24 | 335.73 | 17,980.73 | 282.582.13 |
| Suffolk | 56,350,015.14 | 149.45 | 26,923.08 | 628,974.97 |
| Surrey | 4,218,972.44 | 337.60 | 20,381.51 | 172,799.72 |
| Sussex, East | 9,598,132.74 | 370.95 | 21,472.33 | 217,018.66 |
| Sessex, West | 15,019,621.67 | 282.89 | 30,281.50 | 852,973.21 |
| Tyne and Wear | 2,911,625.25 | 661,84 | 26,469.32 | 108,904,93 |
| Warwickshire | 24,313,437.54 | 303.43 | 27,660.34 | 387,623.82 |
| West Midlands | 1,668,159.14 | 320.25 | 17,559.57 | 208,962.74 |
| Wiltshire | 36,319,698.82 | 242.85 | 35,364.85 | 364,971.01 |
| Yorkshire, North | 62,744,184.79 | 424.33 | 43,434.85 | 838,677.97 |
| Yorkshire, South | 12,962,208.55 | 250.99 | 24,319.34 | 230,836.52 |
| Yorkshire, West | 7,167,520.43 | 277,55 | 18,665.42 | 28,972.16 |