On 30 August 2013 I announced details of the fifteenth Milk Quota Trading Scheme which is the first of two Trading Schemes to allocate quota in respect of the 2014/2015 milk quota year. The closing date for receipt of applications to this stage was 11 October last. I can confirm that my Department has received an application to purchase quota from the person named.
All applications are currently being processed and I expect to be in a position to announce the results of the scheme in early December. As I mentioned earlier, this scheme is in respect of the 2014/2015 milk quota year, and consequently any quota purchased under this scheme will not be available to the purchaser until 1 April 2014.