Agri-Environment Climate Scheme payments: EIR release
- Published
- 18 May 2022
- Directorate
- Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
- Topic
- Farming and rural, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202200291309
- Date received
- 29 March 2022
- Date responded
- 22 April 2022
Information request and response under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.
Information requested
The total sums paid for Moorland Management, Muirburn and Heather Cutting, Predator Control, Heather Restoration and Heather Restoration - Follow-up Molinia Control as well as the number of Predator Control traps under the Agri-Environmental Climate Scheme over the last six years.
Response
The following table details the value and quantity of the requested Management Options and Capital Items the Scottish Government has committed through Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) contracts over the last six years:
| AECS Options / Capital Items | £/Quantity | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Moorland Management | £ | 369,602 | 1,136,317 | 1,768,253 | 2,170,577 | 2,641,464 | 2,580,489 |
| Muirburn & Heather Cutting | £ | 84,662 | 164,958 | 242,067 | 279,058 | 287,830 | 211,587 |
| Predator Control | £ | 70,627 | 145,710 | 201,308 | 237,671 | 244,537 | 234,228 |
| Predator Control | No. of units | 46 | 65 | 91 | 133 | 134 | 124 |
| Heather Restoration | £ | 28,974 | 0 | 0 | 9,842 | 0 | 0 |
| Heather Restoration - Follow-up Molinia control | £ | 11,660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,028 | 0 |
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