Chamber and committees

Question reference: S2W-01444

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 9 July 2003
Current status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 13 August 2003

Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what budget has been spent on agri-environment schemes that support organic agriculture in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03 and what information it has about spending on comparable schemes in (i) England and (ii) Wales in those years

Answer

The total amounts spent on the Organic Aid Scheme in 2001-02 and 2002-03 are detailed in the table:

Scheme	Year	Amount
Organic Aid Scheme	2001-02	£4,943,000
Organic Aid Scheme	2002-03	£5,513,000

It is for ministers in individual administrations to decide their priorities, therefore schemes, which operate in Scotland, differ from those that operate in the rest of the UK. Information on spending on comparable schemes in England and Wales is not held centrally.

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