[holding answer 2 November 2006]: The following table shows payments made through CAP schemes and Rural Development Programmes to farmers in the United Kingdom for the period 2001 to 2005 as recorded in the production and income account of the economic account for agriculture. They exclude payments made through the Over Thirty Month Scheme, compensation for losses due to animal disease and capital transfers. The proportion of EU funding for each scheme is shown in the right hand column.
£ million Calendar years 2001 2002 2003 2004 20052 EU funding (percentage) Crop subsidies Arable Area payments (except set-aside) 827 875 924 901 0 100 Arable Area Payments on set-aside 180 143 177 129 — 100 Other crop subsidies3 3 2 3 12 11 100 Livestock subsidies 100 Beef Special Premium4 241 236 238 266 — 100 Suckler Cow Premium4 219 204 208 230 — 100 Slaughter Premium 76 133 136 156 — 100 Extensification Payment Scheme 118 137 145 154 — 100 Beef National Envelope 19 34 34 36 — 100 Scottish Beef Calf Scheme — — — — 20 100 Sheep Annual Premium 181 264 276 300 — 100 Sheep National Envelope — 10 10 17 — 100 Dairy subsidies5 79 — — 108 — 100 Single Payment Scheme — — — — 2375 100 Rural Development Programmes: Less favoured areas support schemes6 165 165 163 153 144 Agri-environment schemes: Countryside Stewardship and Schemes that are part of Rural Development Programmes are partly EU funded. Funding may be up to 50 per cent. depending on the national contribution to the scheme7. Arable Stewardship Schemes 43 59 71 104 114 7— Countryside Premium and Rural Stewardship Schemes 9 9 13 11 10 7— Tir Cymen and Tir Gofal 10 13 17 21 24 7— Countryside Management Scheme 1 3 3 6 3 7— Organic Aid and Organic Farming Schemes 18 22 21 14 10 7— Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme 70 73 81 82 79 7— Nitrate Sensitive Areas Scheme 2 2 — — — 7— Other8 3 3 4 3 3 7— 1 Shows payments after deduction for modulation where appropriate. 2 Provisional. 3 CAP hops and herbage seeds support; hemp and flax aid; oilseed rape and linseed support; protein crop premium; area aid for nuts; energy crops aid. 4 Includes extensification premium and deseasonalisation premium. 5 Includes agri-monetary compensation; dairy premium and additional dairy premium. 6 Tir Mynydd in Wales, Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowance Scheme in Northern Ireland, Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme in Scotland and Hill Farm Allowance in England. 7 As shown in the table. 8 Includes Moorland, Habitat and Countryside Access Farming schemes; Entry Level Pilot Scheme.