AQW 17169/17-22

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 13/04/2021
Answered On Date: 27/04/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of recipients of Farm Payments in East Antrim, broken down by scheme type.

Answer:

My department made payments to farm businesses for the following schemes in East Antrim for the 2020 scheme year.

Number of recipients of Farm Payments and amount paid by scheme type in East Antrim in 2020 scheme year:

Scheme	Number of recipients	Amount Net Total
COVID 19 Financial Support	290	£331,125.67
Basic Payment Scheme	775	£8,805,865.56
Greening Payment	775	£3,772,823.74
Young Farmers’ Payment	33	£105,042.49
Environmental Farming Scheme	57	£374,245.58
Farm Woodland Annual Premia	13	£7,536.00
Total Payments	787*	£13,396,639.04

*Number of unique farm businesses paid as most receive more than one payment