[holding answer 15 June 2009]: We do not hold figures for the cost to individual farmers of constructing a winter slurry store. In any event, an average figure could be misleading owing to the different sizes of farm holdings. The Department can confirm that the estimated costs to the sector of constructing additional storage facilities to comply with the storage capacity requirement are between £12.8 million and £16.5 million per annum. This was outlined in the Department's Impact Assessment of proposals to revise the Nitrates Action Programme.