FOI/202100217252 · FOI · unclear
Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) payments: FOI release
Information requested
Under Freedom of Information can you please advise how much acreage is covered with the LFASS payments, the total paid out in the past 20 years (breakdown by year if possible), also can you please advise if Scottish environment link members are in receipt of these payments and the acreage that is paid for and how much has been paid.
Response
The table below details, by scheme year, the eligible area paid for under Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) and total amount paid for the last 20 years. The first LFASS started in 2001.
LFAS scheme year Total eligible area processed for payment (ha) Total paid for scheme year (£) 2020* 2,866,787.94 28,852,616.93 2019* 2,893,567.09 48,734,746.24 2018 2,920,698.19 63,509,303.32 2017 2,957,907.48 64,146,290.79 2016 2,958,527.09 64,737,227.07 2015 2,972,085.64 64,194,645.42 2014 2,993,420.44 64,729,334.98 2013 3,019,578.79 65,239,350.14 2012 3,041,131.80 65,344,652.30 2011 3,142,360.01 66,148,923.18 2010 3,183,991.37 62,759,907.35 2009 3,317,842.30 61,969,765.59 2008 3,405,049.31 59,058,288.82 2007 3,244,779.44 59,235,975.80 2006 3,399,516.68 99,853,505.71 (includes 39,504,082.73 supplement) 2005 3,422,761.07 60,937,282.04 2004 3,422,202.24 60,704,251.02 2003 3,410,451.49 62,830,419.67 2002 2,543,942.26 63,750,415.27 2001 2,647,158.79 58,908,758.24 Total 61,763,759.42 1,145,792,154.17
*2019 and 2020 payment rates reduced to 80% and 40% respectively due to changes in underpinning EC regulation.
Three members of Scottish Environment Link (referencing the membership list on the Scottish Environment Link website) are in receipt of LFASS payments, these are:
The National Trust Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The Woodland Trust
The tables below detail, by scheme year, the eligible area paid for under LFASS and total amount paid for the last 20 years for each member.
The National Trust
LFAS Scheme year Payment (£) Eligible Area (ha) 2020 6,990.87 1,086.49 2019 13,437.72 1,076.50 2018 17,320.93 1,076.78 2017 17,318.79 1,076.65 2016 17,309.51 1,076.09 2015 17,277.40 1,078.75 2014 17,401.55 1,081.77 2013 17,462.20 1,085.56 2012 25,172.28 1,564.89 2011 25,190.83 1,566.04 2010 19,903.80 1,649.80 2009 30,212.42 2,310.31 2008 28,865.66 2,484.89 2007 29,002.15 2,488.23 2006 41,418.14 (Includes 16,403.33 supplement) 2,360.74 2005 19,107.38 1,803.26 2004 18,968.26 1,790.10 2003 18,070.12 1,801.15 2002 17,328.16 1,794.02 2001 34,837.94 3,423.07 Total 432,596.11 33,675.09
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
LFAS Scheme year Payment (£) Eligible Area (ha) 2020 36043.91 3,032.36 2019 70362.98 2,933.10 2018 87702.56 2,928.34 2017 87398.05 2,932.71 2016 87770.1 3,008.73 2015 87579.84 2,951.87 2014 86350.6 2,882.59 2013 86527.55 2,889.02 2012 86527.55 2,889.02 2011 83269.17 2,758.73 2010 85783.55 2,813.72 2009 78690.72 2,565.69 2008 72751.13 2,859.93 2007 76517.93 3,102.32 2006 70,638.15 2,991.18 2005 105,167.63 (Includes 41,650.65 supplement) 2,902.78 2004 44,818.78 2,164.25 2003 29,104.73 1,092.27 2002 39,638.82 1,573.51 2001 37,613.13 1,674.91 TOTAL 32,544.50 2,046.54
The Woodland Trust
LFAS Scheme year Payment (£) Eligible Area (ha) 2020 11,899.17 3,178.86 2019 23,797.85 3,193.31 2018 21,467.25 3,193.31 2017 24,311.31 3,134.69 2016 24,343.50 3,134.73 2015 25,872.39 3,158.57 2014 33,736.04 3,489 2013 32,564.53 3,360.95 2012 29,889.77 3,068.49 2011 29,912.72 3,069.73 2010 16,258.16 3,069.73 2009 28,251.60 3,093.74 2008 28,708.87 3,111.65 2007 28,708.87 3,111.65 2006 43,768.77 (Includes 17,332.62 supplement) 2,947.01 2005 25,384.32 2,887.01 2004 25,384.32 2,887.01 2003 23,597.38 2,867.69 2002 30,281.55 2,868.09 2001 35,909.44 3,044.80 Total 500,279.04 61,870.02
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