(2) pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2009, Official Report, column 1057W, on livestock: finance, what estimate he has made of the cost of obtaining the information requested.
For historical reasons relating to the formation of the Rural Payments Agency, the data required to provide the information requested pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2009, Official Report, column 1056W on dairy farming and column 1057W on livestock is held on three finance systems. The process to reconcile the information to provide accurate financial information in the form requested is resource intensive, time consuming and would cost more than £750 to collate.