Question reference: S2W-01441
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 9 July 2003
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Current status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 August 2003
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on the Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance Scheme in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01.
Answer
The expenditure on support measures targeted at Scotland's less favoured areas in 1999-2000 was £59.3 million and in 2000-01 was £63.1 million. The Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances scheme (HLCAs) accounted for the total expenditure in 1999-2000 whereas in 2000-01 the spend was split between that scheme (£10.5 million) and its successor, the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (£52.6 million).