PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Agriculture: Subsidies (15 December 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of Basic Payment Scheme claims made in 2016 to date have been paid.
Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)
Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)
Answer
On 20 December, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) announced that over 68,200 farmers in England have now received a 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payment.
The payments to some 79% of eligible claimants, worth £1.14 billion, include a range of 2016 BPS claim types and sizes, including claimants under the young farmer scheme, those inspected and farmers with common land.
Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
20 December 2016
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