AQW 1775/22-27


Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim


Tabled Date: 20/06/2022
Answered On Date: 05/07/2022
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount of funding for rural projects provided by his Department in South Antrim, in each of the last five years.


Answer:
Funding support for rural projects provided by my Department in South Antrim, in each of the last five years is as follows:
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Totals
£520,363
£934,941
£1,215,286
£564,438
£823,681
£470,636
£4,529,344
The cumulative total breakdown for each Scheme for the last five years is as follows:
Scheme
Totals
ALL-IRELAND CO-OPERATION SCHEME
£268,498
BUSINESS INVESTMENT SCHEME
£960,975
EUROPEAN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP SCHEME
£1,238
M1.1 BDG PARTICIPANTS PAYMENTS
£180,816
M16 AGRI-FOOD CO-OPERATION SCHEME
£21,394
M19.2 RURAL BASIC SERVICES SCHEME
£260,988
M19.2 VILLAGE RENEWAL SCHEME
£312,833
M4.1 FARM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT SCHEME CAP TIER 2
£225,580
M7.5 RURAL TOURISM PAYMENTS
£500,000
RURAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT SCHEME
£1,324,541
RURAL COMMUNITY POLLINATOR SCHEME
£89,494
FOREST SERVICE TRAILS (CRUMLIM GLEN)
£17,000
SOCIAL FARMING CAPITAL GRANT SCHEME
£21,252
RURAL MICRO CAPITAL GRANT SCHEME
£48,453
COVID 19 RECOVERY REVITALISATION SCHEME
£102,000
RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANT SCHEME
£194,284
In Addition to the above funding COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT in the area were given funding of £634,799.07. The funding is based on council areas not constituencies and relates to 4 council areas - Antrim & Newtownabbey; Mid & East Antrim; Lisburn & Castlereagh; and Ards & North Down.