Agriculture: Subsidies
(asked on 25th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of agricultural support payments per capita in real terms in (1) Cornwall, (2) Devon, and (3) England, in each year since 2010.
The Rural Payments Agency makes agricultural support payments to eligible farmers in England. The following figures represent the total direct aid paid to Cornwall, Devon and England for 2015 and 2016 under the Basic Payment Scheme; and for each year between 2010 and 2014 under its predecessor, the Single Payment Scheme. The average payment value represents that paid to eligible claimants for each year. Data is relevant to the claimant population
SPS scheme 2010 - 2014
Year | England | Devon | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | |||
SPS GBP | Number | SPS GBP | Number | SPS GBP | Number | |
2010 | 1,781,954,062 | 104,285 | £ 98,514,541 | 9,353 | £ 52,546,385 | 4,775 |
2011 | 1,787,132,090 | 104,007 | £ 98,169,419 | 9,357 | £ 52,727,507 | 4,759 |
2012 | 1,649,543,922 | 103,899 | £ 90,430,011 | 9,350 | £ 48,462,249 | 4,738 |
2013 | 1,673,641,321 | 103,109 | £ 91,655,239 | 9,309 | £ 49,139,301 | 4,706 |
2014 | 1,538,089,242 | 101,584 | £ 83,316,822 | 9,117 | £ 44,847,068 | 4,657 |
BPS scheme 2015 - 2016
Year | England | Devon | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | |||
BPS GBP | Volume Paid | BPS GBP | Volume Paid | BPS GBP | Volume Paid | |
2015 | 1,407,810,704 | 86,931 | 77,634,876 | 7,710 | £ 40,476,454 | 3,881 |
2016 | 1,650,041,395 | 85,316 | 90,852,407 | 7,582 | £ 47,830,601 | 3,796 |
Average per claim (both schemes)
Year | Scheme | England | Devon | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
Average Per Claim | Average Per Claim | Average Per Claim | ||
2010 | SPS | £17,087 | £10,533 | £11,004 |
2011 | SPS | £17,183 | £10,492 | £11,080 |
2012 | SPS | £15,876 | £9,672 | £10,228 |
2013 | SPS | £16,232 | £9,846 | £10,442 |
2014 | SPS | £15,141 | £9,139 | £9,630 |
2015 | BPS | £16,195 | £10,069 | £10,429 |
2016 | BPS | £19,340 | £11,983 | £12,600 |