PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Agriculture: Subsidies (4 September 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to make changes to the Rural Payments Agency as a result of the recent summer dry weather to ensure that support payments are paid in a timely manner.

Asked by:
Rosie Duffield (Independent)

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is fully focussed on getting Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2018 payments issued promptly from the opening of the payment window in December. In addition we are reviewing options, such as bringing forward bridging payments, for those BPS claimants who have not received their BPS 2018 payments by the end of December.

Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
11 September 2018