To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department allocated for the development of environmentally-sustainable farming in the Test Valley borough in each of the last five years. (281374)

Resources for agri-environment agreements are allocated nationally by Natural England, rather than to individual boroughs. Over the past five calendar years, the following sums have been paid in agri-environment agreements on farms that include land within the Test Valley borough.

The Test and Itchen Valleys are one of Natural England's 110 Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) Target Areas, designed to maximise environmental benefits and value for money from HLS agreements, published and promoted from November 2008.

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The above information was provided by Natural England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department allocated for the support of farmers in the Test Valley borough in each of the last five years. (281375)

DEFRA does not record information on payments to farmers on a borough basis. The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.