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PROJECT 2 - LFASS PAYMENT DISTRIBUTIONS
This note provides a summary of the distribution of LFASS funding and the changes
in LFASS payments between 2007 and 20131.
The tables below outline both the total funding and funding per hectare provided to
Agricultural Regions and Sectors. A table outlining the area of grazing category
claims is also provided below. Total funding and funding per hectare is then mapped
by parish to provide an illustration of where most funding goes and how much
funding parishes receive relative to each other.
Changes in Funding
The table below details the number of parishes which received different rates of per
hectare LFASS funding in 2007. The table also indicates how many of these
parishes saw an increase or decrease in their per hectare LFASS funding between
2007 and 2013.
Table 1 – Count of Parishes with Increased or Decreased Payments between 2007 and 2013 by
2007 payment band
2007
Number of
No
%
%
%
No
£/ha
Parishes
Increases Decreases Change
Increases Decreases Change
£0
128
8
0
120
6%
0%
94%
£0-10
74
68
6
0
92%
8%
0%
£10-20
143
124
19
0
87%
13%
0%
£20-30
190
142
48
0
75%
25%
0%
£30-40
221
152
69
0
69%
31%
0%
>£40
137
96
41
0
70%
30%
0%
Key Points
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Between 2007 and 2013, total LFASS funding increased by £6m, an increase
of 10%.
Over the same period, the average LFASS rate per hectare rose by £4.82, an
increase of 27.5%. This percentage increase is reflective of the changes in
LFASS rates coupled with a changing pattern of land claims.
The regions which receive the most LFASS funding are Highlands, Dumfries
& Galloway and Argyll & Bute.
The regions which receive the most per hectare are Orkney, Fife, Dumfries &
Galloway and NE Scotland.
Parishes which had higher per hectare payments in 2007 were more likely to
see smaller increases or a fall in their payments.
The Farm Types which receive the most LFASS funding are Specialist Beef,
Mixed Cattle and Sheep (LFA) and Specialist Sheep.
The Farm Types which receive the most per hectare are Cattle and Sheep
(Lowland), Specialist Beef and Mixed farms.
Changes in Grazing Area claimed
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These changes include an increased budget, policy changes in 2009 and 2011 and changes in the
number of claims/ claimed area.
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Table 2 below outlines the areas of LFASS grazing category land claimed in 2007
and 2013, and the change between the two years. Table 3 details how many
parishes saw an increase in grazing category land and how many saw a decrease in
grazing category land.
Table 2 – Area Claimed by Grazing Category, 2007 and 2013
Grazing Category 2007 Area (Ha)
2013 Area (Ha)
Difference
A
1,727,059
1,372,205
-354,855
B
695,555
647,371
-48,183
C
348,929
325,799
-23,131
D
606,683
569,946
-36,737
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Total
3,378,226
2,915,321
-462,905
% Change
-20.5%
-6.9%
-6.6%
-6.1%
-13.7%
Table 3 – Count of Parishes with Increased and Decreased
Area Claims for each Grazing Category
Increases
Decreases
Category Count
Area
Count
Area
A
143
88,135
410
-442,990
B
190
40,382
369
-88,565
C
204
23,678
393
-46,808
D
259
27,503
463
-64,240
Total
234
133,398
538
-596,303
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The total area of LFASS grazing category land fell by more than 460,000 Ha
between 2007 and 2013. This was mainly due to a large fall in category A by
354,000 Ha. The other categories saw decreases of between 23,000 and 49,000
Ha.
As map 6 below demonstrates, the biggest decreases in total parish area
were observed in the Highland, North East and Island Parishes.
Where large decreases (>25% decrease) in parish grazing land occur, they
tend to occur in in category A. These large decreases in Parish category A
land were spread across Scotland.
Despite this, where large increases (>25% increase) in area were noted,
they also tend to be category A land. Again these increases were spread
across Scotland.
There are 6 farms in 2007 that didn’t receive any payments that had grazing category land and 10
farms in 2013. This explains why the average total rates are not equal to total payments divided by
total area.
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Table 4 - Total Funding in Agricultural Regions
AgRegion
Argyll & Bute
Ayrshire
Clyde Valley
Dumfries & Galloway
East Central
Eileanan an Iar
Fife
Highland
Lothian
NE Scotland
Orkney
Scottish Borders
Shetland
Tayside
Unknown
Total
Total 2007 LFASS
Funding
£5,796,177
£3,492,140
£3,451,878
£8,765,887
£1,690,166
£1,594,171
£433,445
£9,578,218
£1,200,334
£5,947,773
£3,237,696
£5,788,337
£2,148,061
£3,932,310
£2,164,418
£59,221,012
Total 2013 LFASS
Funding
£7,224,639
£3,768,779
£3,495,659
£9,137,924
£1,805,588
£1,809,670
£344,795
£12,181,637
£1,184,230
£6,330,923
£4,029,316
£6,156,963
£2,560,243
£4,499,333
£628,600
£65,158,299
Change
£1,428,463
£276,638
£43,781
£372,037
£115,422
£215,499
-£88,650
£2,603,419
-£16,104
£383,150
£791,620
£368,626
£412,182
£567,023
-£1,535,818
£5,937,288
% Change
24.6%
7.9%
1.3%
4.2%
6.8%
13.5%
-20.5%
27.2%
-1.3%
6.4%
24.5%
6.4%
19.2%
14.4%
-71.0%
10.0%
Change
£6.76
£3.46
£1.59
£2.50
£3.21
£4.59
£1.24
£4.53
£2.77
£6.05
£15.50
£1.73
£6.78
£3.43
£0.89
£4.82
% Change
38.7%
14.6%
6.4%
8.6%
21.0%
38.0%
3.9%
45.3%
11.6%
22.8%
32.7%
7.1%
36.8%
31.1%
7.8%
27.5%
Table 5 - Funding per Hectare in Agricultural Regions
AgRegion
Argyll & Bute
Ayrshire
Clyde Valley
Dumfries & Galloway
East Central
Eileanan an Iar
Fife
Highland
Lothian
NE Scotland
Orkney
Scottish Borders
Shetland
Tayside
Unknown
Total (Average)
2007 LFASS Funding
Per Hectare
£17.46
£23.70
£24.81
£29.00
£15.29
£12.08
£31.63
£10.00
£23.77
£26.58
£47.42
£24.31
£18.40
£11.04
£11.36
£17.53
2013 LFASS Funding
Per Hectare
£24.21
£27.17
£26.39
£31.50
£18.50
£16.67
£32.86
£14.53
£26.54
£32.62
£62.92
£26.04
£25.18
£14.46
£12.25
£22.35
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Table 6 - Total Funding to Farm Types
Farm Type
Cereals
General Cropping
Specialist beef (SDA)
Specialist sheep (SDA)
Mixed Cattle and sheep (LFA)
Dairy
Cattle & Sheep (Lowland)
Mixed
Horticulture
Specialist Pigs
Specialist Poultry
Other
Unknown
Total
Total 2007
Funding
LFASS
£633,527
£846,164
£22,883,220
£9,195,148
£17,998,064
£1,371,070
£325,657
£4,552,953
£35,262
£9,909
£120,635
£230,612
£1,018,793
£59,221,012
Total 2013
Funding
LFASS
£587,537
£1,079,317
£25,581,987
£11,221,259
£19,413,101
£1,467,162
£226,514
£4,630,865
£143,169
£3,978
£191,171
£213,519
£398,720
£65,158,299
Change
-£45,990
£233,153
£2,698,767
£2,026,111
£1,415,037
£96,092
-£99,143
£77,913
£107,907
-£5,931
£70,536
-£17,093
-£620,073
£5,937,288
% Change
-7.3%
27.6%
11.8%
22.0%
7.9%
7.0%
-30.4%
1.7%
306.0%
-59.9%
58.5%
-7.4%
-60.9%
10.0%
2013 LFASS Funding
Per Hectare
£26.14
£12.47
£34.96
£12.70
£21.19
£27.02
£34.90
£30.93
£22.38
£21.85
£20.23
£13.69
£12.25
£22.35
Change
£10.72
-£0.38
£6.48
£3.17
£5.21
£5.82
£4.15
£3.59
£5.58
-£6.93
£13.04
£4.80
£0.89
£4.82
% Change
69.5%
-2.9%
22.8%
33.2%
32.6%
27.5%
13.5%
13.2%
33.2%
-24.1%
181.4%
54.0%
7.8%
27.5%
Table 7 - Funding per Hectare to Farm Types
Farm Type
Cereals
General Cropping
Specialist beef (SDA)
Specialist sheep (SDA)
Mixed Cattle and sheep (LFA)
Dairy
Cattle & Sheep (Lowland)
Mixed
Horticulture
Specialist Pigs
Specialist Poultry
Other
Unknown
Total (Average)
2007 LFASS Funding
Per Hectare
£15.43
£12.84
£28.48
£9.53
£15.98
£21.20
£30.74
£27.33
£16.80
£28.78
£7.19
£8.89
£11.36
£17.53
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Figure 4
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Map 2
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Map 3
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Map 4
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Map 5
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Map 6
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