Current status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was paid to farmers and crofters by the (a) Executive and (b) UK Government as a result of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 2001 and what proportion of this was compensation for (i) the culling of livestock and (ii) economic losses.
All costs were met by the UK Government. Based on the Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, the total compensation payments made to Scottish farmers and crofters for animals culled during the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak was £189.713 million. No payments were made for economic losses.
The following is the original answer (published on 21 November 2007); see below.
All costs were met by the UK Government. Based on the Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, the total compensation payments made for animals culled during the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak was £189,713 million. No other payments were made for economic losses.