Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of farmers participating in the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme since its inception, broken down by (i) county; and (ii) constituency.
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: Tables 1 and 2 detail the number of farm businesses who have opted in to the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme since its inception, broken down by county and constituency, respectively.
Businesses can opt in without penalty, and need to have met both business, and animal eligibility requirements in order to receive a BCR payment.
Table 1: Number of farm businesses who have opted in to the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme since its inception, broken down by County
| County | No. of businesses |
| Antrim | 3,645 |
| Armagh | 2,599 |
| Down | 3,648 |
| Fermanagh | 1,848 |
| Londonderry | 2,593 |
| Tyrone | 4,978 |
| N/A1 | 94 |
| TOTAL | 19,405 |
1 N/A refers to farm businesses which do not have a NI county for their correspondence address. This includes addresses in the rest of the United Kingdom as well as addresses in the Republic of Ireland.
Table 2: Number of farm businesses who have opted in to the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme since its inception, broken down by Constituency
| Constituency | No. of businesses |
| Belfast East | 22 |
| Belfast North | 12 |
| Belfast South and Mid Down | 92 |
| Belfast West | 8 |
| East Antrim | 689 |
| East Londonderry | 1,169 |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 2,778 |
| Foyle | 75 |
| Lagan Valley | 695 |
| Mid Ulster | 2,108 |
| Newry and Armagh | 1,891 |
| North Antrim | 1,782 |
| North Down | 60 |
| South Antrim | 685 |
| South Down | 1,792 |
| Strangford | 655 |
| Upper Bann | 483 |
| West Tyrone | 2,781 |
| N/A1 | 1,628 |
| TOTAL | 19,405 |
1 N/A refers to farm businesses which do not have a NI postcode for their correspondence address. This includes addresses in the rest of the United Kingdom as well as addresses in the Republic of Ireland.
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