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Fish Quotas

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the proportion of the 10 most landed fish species under North Sea Total Allowable Catches fished within the UK 200 mile median limit. [215199]

Mr. Bradshaw: None of the fish stocks that involve the North Sea are exclusively within the United Kingdom's fisheries limits as they also include parts of other sea areas as well. For these stocks, no separate part of the Total Allowable Catch is related exclusively to the UK waters involved, and as such the question as asked cannot be answered.

To calculate an estimate as requested would require information on the catches by vessels of other member states. Such information is only available in terms of totals for the sea areas involved, and this does not include any breakdown of catches in terms of those caught within the UK 200 mile or median line limit. Such estimates could thus only be made available through requesting such information from the individual member states concerned.

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures relating to (a) UK vessels and (b) accession state vessels European Union institutions are bringing forward to address increases in fishing capacity in EU waters since 1 May 2004. [215330]

Mr. Bradshaw: Since the end of the fourth and final stage of the Multi-annual Guidance Programme (MAGP) in 2002, the existing member states' fleets, including that of the UK, have been subject to overall limits on tonnage (GT) and power (kW), known as reference levels. The 10 new member states were not part of the MAGP mechanism, however the Commission is working with them to urgently establish suitable reference levels which will apply retrospectively (from the date of accession). In addition, all potential new entries to the fleet in any member state (including those of the 10) must be offset (in tonnage and power terms) by equivalent withdrawals.

Flooding

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list communities recorded by the Environment Agency as being subject to flooding in 2000, giving in each case the number of (a) commercial and (b) residential properties flooded; and for how many and what
 
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percentage of properties in each community (i) flood defences have been improved, (ii) flood defence improvements have been approved but not yet implemented and (iii) flood defences improvements have been approved. [208722]

Mr. Morley [holding answer 17 January 2005]: The Environment Agency is the principal authority responsible for managing flood risk in England. The Agency has provided as much information as possible, subject to disproportionate cost limitations, and a copy will be made available in the Library of the House.

I regret it has not been possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to categorise the properties flooded in 2000 by commercial and residential use, or the other exact details of the other questions. The information placed in the Library will however indicate the considerable progress and investment made in reducing flood risk.

Foot and Mouth

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in how many settled claims for compensation for animals destroyed in the foot and mouth epidemic payments were (a) below £100,000, (b) exactly £100,000 and (c) over £100,000. [216188]

Mr. Bradshaw: There were 10,383 claims below £100,000, no claims for exactly £100,000, and 3,110 claims over £100,000.

Fuel Poverty

Mr. Fisher: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent on tackling fuel poverty in each year since 1997 in (a) England and (b) Stoke-on-Trent. [211707]

Mr. Morley: The Warm Front Scheme the major programme to tackle fuel poverty in the private sector in England, was launched in June 2000. From that time until the end of January 2005 the annual expenditure on Warm Front in England was:
£ million

Approximate total spend
2000–0172
2001–02197
2002–03163
2003–04164

The budget available for 2004–05 is £169 million.

The total approximate expenditure on Warm Front in Stoke-on-Trent Central during that period was:
£
2000–0165,700
2001–021,120,000
2002–03626,000
2003–04615,000
2004–05(4)388,000


(4) Up to end of January 2005.



 
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Annual Expenditure under the previous Home Energy Efficiency Scheme from June 1997 and May 2000 was approximately £60 million.

The annual estimated expenditure in Stoke-on-Trent Central during that period was:
£

Estimated expenditure
1997–9870,400
1998–99102,500
1999–2000133,700

Intervention Prices

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average intervention price for (a) skimmed milk powder, (b) butterfat powder, (c) wheat and (d) beef was in pounds sterling for each year since 1992; and what the proposed price levels are for (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008. [214580]

Alun Michael: The actual intervention prices for skimmed milk powder, wheat and beef since 1992 are shown as follows. The rates in pound sterling are dependent on the exchange rate in force on the date of the operative event pertaining to individual purchases.
Skimmed Milk Powder

From(ECU/EURO per 100 kg)
14 May 1990172.43
1 July 1993170.20
1 February 1995205.52
1 July 2004195.24
1 July 2005184.97
1 July 2006174.69

Wheat

From(ECU/EURO per tonne)
1993–94117.00
1994–95108.00
1995–96100.00
2000–01110.25

Beef

Prior to:(EURO per tonne)
1 January 2000Information not readily available
From:
1 January 20003,475
1 July 20003,242
1 July 2001 to 30 June 20023,013

No provision has ever been made to support butterfat powder by intervention.
 
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With the exception of the 2005 and 2006 rate for skimmed milk powder, the RPA does not currently hold any information on the proposed rates for skimmed milk powder, wheat and beef for the 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 years.

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much (a) UK-produced and (b) EU-produced (i) skimmed milk powder, (ii) butterfat powder, (iii) wheat and (iv) beef was (A) bought into intervention and (B) sold out of intervention (1) within the EU and (2) outside the EU for each year since 1992. [214581]

Alun Michael: Details of the quantities of products purchased into, and sold out of, intervention in the UK between 1 October 1995 and 30 September 2004 are set out in the following tables.

The Rural Payments Agency does not have sufficient information readily available:

No provision has ever been made to support butterfat powder under the intervention arrangements.
Intervention purchases and removals skimmed milk powder

Tonnes
DatePurchasesRemovals
1 October 1995 to 30 September 199528,430.000680.000
1 October 1996 to 30 September 199720,716.0001,840.000
1 October 1997 to 30 September 199833,100.0002,354.000
1 October 1998 to 30 September 199917,256.00019,011.825
1 October 1999 to 30 September 20000.00075,570.750
1 October 2000 to 30 September 20010.0003,325.000
1 October 2001 to 30 September 200225,639.0001,245.025
1 October 2002 30 September 200330,729.0007,882.425
1 October 2003 to 30 September 20041,816.0008,554.925
Total157,686.000120,463.950

Beef

Tonnes
DatePurchasesRemovals
1 October 1995 to 30 September 199527,631.4443,557.893
1 October 1996 to 30 September 199769,005.86110,170.119
1 October 1997 to 30 September 199811,934.17511,031.841
1 October 1998 to 30 September 19991,266.67757,779.765
1 October 1999 to 30 September 20000.00036,153.676
1 October 2000 to 30 September 20010.00013.461
1 October 2001 to 30 September 20020.0000.000
1 October 2002 30 September 20030.0000.000
1 October 2003 to 30 September 20040.0000.000
Total109,838.157118,706.755

 
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Wheat

Tonnes
DatePurchasesRemovals
1 October 1995 to 30 September 19950.0000.000
1 October 1996 to 30 September 19970.0000.000
1 October 1997 to 30 September 19982,066.8400.000
1 October 1998 to 30 September 199940,700.92025,346.080
1 October 1999 to 30 September 20000.00017,119.160
1 October 2000 to 30 September 20010.0000.000
1 October 2001 to 30 September 2002404.2000.000
1 October 2002 30 September 2003994.320994.320
1 October 2003 to 30 September 20040.000707.340
Total44,166.28044,166.900

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent from EU funds in (a) intervention purchases and (b) export restitution for each agricultural product for each year since 1992. [214582]

Alun Michael: Details of expenditure from EU funds on intervention purchases for each year since 1992 are shown in table I.

The RPA does not hold details of expenditure on export refunds during 1992 following the introduction of a redeveloped computer system in 1993. Details of expenditure on export refunds since 1993, for each agricultural product sector, are shown at table II.
Table I: Intervention purchases—1992–93 to 2003–04

£000
BeefButterCerealsMilk powder
1992–93194,2933,95886,5850
1993–9410,57410,482142,1628,724
1994–95002,3981,944
1995–96001280
1996–97158,58112,7271,18750,706
1997–98114,881044,91235,189
1998–997,470072,96937,687
1999–2000018,2719,96017,940
2000–0102,4541,4290
2001–0206,022683,680
2002–03007,62517,809
2003–0400026,869

Table II: Export refund paid from EU funds—calendar years 1993–2005
£000

SugarOilsEggsPoultryPigmeatBeef
199383,238.596.02408.132,653.611,911.9664,078.03
199468,648.3537.82280.973,096.582,411.8067,238.02
199573,642.11253.48279.392,379.321,916.56103,562.50
199661,765.0417.49152.92823.201,781.2012,158.00
199760,804.29221.21121.85435.23650.92321.49
199896,330.921.98234.41323.581,638.9266.36
199997,653.860308.03524.042,919.970
200071,863.110235.11199.712,973.0052.46
200170,527.240191.6151.53423.8225.45
200274,105.460216.0297.01268.7423.82
200387,869.390172.5768.48326.3820.79
2004123,623.660174.6856.73557.5418.01
200515,329.92018.277.1141.401.11

 
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Milk and milk productsFresh fruit and veg.Processed fruit and veg.CerealsRiceNon annex I
1993100,251.7232.611,437.32197,279.6427.5753,635.54
1994116,244.6856.721,488.88129,084.7829.1357,087.21
1995100,842.4141.861,287.5749,184.2322.6251,411.23
199690,735.6128.991,225.6820,707.5330.1448,511.61
1997141,062.3919.53847.7640,470.4521.1739,819.17
199897,627.4715.53813.1325,904.266.4137,885.90
199973,431.7822.03716.5055,130.301.6139,420.37
200070,824.5621.51689.5039,155.247.7832,738.33
200134,986.8818.43554.273,137.6412.2524,155.42
200255,298.0316.16473.99161.369.7932,679.64
200385,494.3615.54662.784,949.379.0725,952.53
200471,399.080406.60120.042.6924,792.77
20055,115.220.8327.7244.3301,969.13


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