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1063930

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the roll-out of the replacement to the Basic Payment Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	223080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government currently plans to pilot the new Environmental Land Management System (ELMS) nationally from 2021 and make it fully available from 2024. Existing agri-environment schemes, simplified further, would continue to be available until the ELMS is fully rolled out. Payments under the Basic Payment Scheme will be phased out over a 7 year agricultural transition starting from 2021.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 223081 question first answered 25/02/2019 14:46:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1063931

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date he plans to make the replacement to the Basic Payment Scheme available to all farmers.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	223081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government currently plans to pilot the new Environmental Land Management System (ELMS) nationally from 2021 and make it fully available from 2024. Existing agri-environment schemes, simplified further, would continue to be available until the ELMS is fully rolled out. Payments under the Basic Payment Scheme will be phased out over a 7 year agricultural transition starting from 2021.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 223080 question first answered 25/02/2019 14:46:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

927962

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) range of public goods and (b) type of environmental outcomes his Department plans to provide funding to upland farmers under the proposed environment land management scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	155758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The new environmental land management scheme, underpinned by natural capital principles, will contribute to delivering against many of the key outcomes set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan and the Clean Growth Strategy. These include clean air; clean and plentiful water; thriving plants and wildlife; reduced risk of harm from environmental hazards such as flooding and drought; using resources from nature more sustainably and efficiently; enhanced beauty, heritage and engagement for the natural environment and mitigating and adapting to climate change.</p><p> </p><p>The uplands deliver many public goods that are worthy of public investment: not only are they a beautiful and rich part of our heritage, they can encourage biodiversity, protect water quality and store carbon. They are therefore well placed to benefit from the new environmental land management scheme.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/06/2018 09:45:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

927963

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department plans to use payments to land managers in the proposed environment land management scheme to support the creation of the Nature Recovery Network as outlined in his Department's 25 Year Environment Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	155759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>In the 25 Year Environment Plan we committed to considering delivery options for the Nature Recovery Network over the next two years, as we develop and pilot our new environmental land management scheme and investigate the use of other new and innovative funding mechanisms.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for collaborative projects, incentivising land managers to work together to secure environmental improvements at landscape and catchment level, was identified as a potential element of the future scheme.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/06/2018 10:09:28 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

868519

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to ensure that farmers are not penalised if they make a mistaken claim as a result of a mapping error caused by the re-mapping conducted by the Rural Payments Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	133739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency are required to demonstrate compliance with the EU rules by keeping our mapping up to date or run the risk of significant disallowance. Updates to our maps are based on the intelligence we receive from Ordnance Survey; aerial photography; inspection outcomes; and requests made by farmers. They have notified customers of all changes made to their land parcel information.</p><p>Key stakeholders have been engaged throughout the exercise to raise awareness, and the RPA has provided advice and guidance to support applicants for Basic Payment Scheme 2018 in making an accurate claim. This includes a dedicated helpline and page on rpa.gov.uk dedicated to mapping.</p><p>The RPA has established processes which take into account, on a case-by-case basis, any evidence or information submitted by farmers should any differences be found.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/03/2018 17:17:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

868520

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of new maps produced this year by the Rural Payments Agency is being disputed by CAP claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	133740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) have reviewed and updated over 2 million parcels to bring the information in line with EU requirements. As of 23 March the RPA had received and reviewed 527 forms to request changes to the updates and of these 48 forms required action to make corrections to the mapping updates.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/03/2018 17:14:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

868521

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what proportion of farm holdings boundaries changed as a result of this year’s re-mapping by the Rural Payments Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	133741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is required to demonstrate compliance with the EU rules by keeping our mapping up to date or run the risk of significant disallowance. Updates to our maps are based on the intelligence we receive from Ordnance Survey; aerial photography; inspection outcomes; and requests made by farmers.</p><p> </p><p>The RPA don’t capture information on what individual parcel boundary changes were the result of the exercise to update their mapping, in line with EU requirements, and what changes were the result of farmer changes to field management.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/03/2018 17:17:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

837828

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to communicate to farmers how the Basic Payment Scheme will operate in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	126859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We plan to guarantee that Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments will continue for a transition period in England, lasting a number of years beyond the implementation period. During this transition period, we propose to first reduce the largest BPS payments in England. We will consult widely on both the approach to reducing payments and on how long the transition should be. We will set out further detail in our command paper, which we plan to publish this spring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/02/2018 11:36:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

834740

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he plans for the Basic Payment Scheme to operate in 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	126174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>This Government has pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of the parliament, expected in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult widely about how we should transition to our future agriculture policy and intend to publish a consultation document in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/02/2018 10:53:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

671722

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in the South Lakeland local authority area have not received their 2016 basic payment scheme funding.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	59642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>As at close of business 11 January, 45 out of 922 eligible farm businesses in the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency have not received their Basic Payment Scheme 2016 payment.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2017 14:10:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron