asked Her Majesty's Government:
What has been the total funding by (a) the European Union, and (b) the Government for the agri-environment schemes for each of the past five years. [HL78]
The information for the UK is not held centrally. However, the expenditure on agri-environment schemes operated under the England Rural Development Programme was:
£m £m £m £m £m European 36.5 48.1 57.0 73.1 83.3 Exchequer 59.2 72.4 87.7 108.1 118.7 Total 95.7 120.5 144.7 181.2 202.0 Note: The figures represent actual cash expenditure in each financial year.