Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what change there has been in the level of farm subsidies in each of the last five years.
Details of all payments made under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are published annually by the UK Co-ordinating Body. The total CAP payments for the UK for each of the last five years are as follows:
Figures are Euro millions
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
Direct Payments | 3,424 | 3,309 | 3,348 | 3,326 | 3,234 |
Rural Development | 913 | 1,018 | 1,085 | 1,091 | 1,065 |
Total | 4,337 | 4,327 | 4,433 | 4,417 | 4,299 |