Mr. Jack: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total amount paid to farm businesses was in
each of the last five years, indicating in each case the cost of administering the (a) arable area payment scheme, (b) suckler cow
premium scheme, (c) hill livestock compensatory allowance, (d) hill farming allowance, (e) countryside stewardship scheme and (f)
environmentally sensitive areas schemes. [27758]
Mr. Morley: The amounts paid for (a) arable area payments scheme were:
£
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Scheme year Amount paid Administration costs
1996 1,054,740,241 6,824,000
1997 1,055,721,796 6,388,000
1998 685,942,025 6,730,000
1999 1,130,409,358 6,347,000
2000 882,979,696 {1}7,222,000
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{1} Estimated outturn
The amounts paid for (b) suckler cow premium scheme were:
£
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Scheme year Amount paid Administration costs
1996 81,524,702 2,685,900
1997 78,762,180 2,373,600
1998 77,854,276 2,493,300
1999 70,567,139 3,752,071
2000 67,923,516 3,742,781
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The amounts paid for (c) hill livestock compensatory allowance were:
£
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Scheme year Amount paid Administration costs
1996 27,128,357 1,127,000
1997 42,398,518 996,000
1998 28,086,148 1,046,000
1999 44,288,837 1,755,281
2000 43,666,451 927,037
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There were no amounts paid for (d) hill farm allowance for these periods.
The amounts paid for (e) countryside stewardship scheme were:
£
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Scheme year Amount paid Administration costs
1996 12,468,000 2,031,000
1997 17,126,000 1,793,000
1998 22,030,000 1,884,000
1999 26,038,000 1,773,000
2000 31,915,000 2,918,000
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The amounts paid for (f) environmentally sensitive areas scheme were:
£
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Scheme year Amount paid Administration costs
1996 27,591,000 1,461,000
1997 32,984,000 1,290,000
1998 36,376,000 1,355,000
1999 41,144,000 1,743,000
2000 43,807,000 2,005,000
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