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	date	07/07/2016
	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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of imposing fines on the Rural Payments Agency for late Basic Payment Scheme payments to farmers.
	tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Scott Mann
	uin	42188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>2015 has been a challenging year for a number of well documented reasons. We understand the importance of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments for farmers and their particular frustration in the first year of this new scheme.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 December 2015, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) made full and accurate 2015 BPS payments which continued throughout the payment window. As of 3 July, some 85,852 (98.6%) of 2015 BPS claims have now been completed and 86,760 have received a payment amounting to some £1.3billion.</p><p> </p><p>The RPA remain focused on making full and accurate payments as promptly as possible. They are also committed to improving payment performance in 2016, and 2016 should be easier as we will have both the systems and data already in place. Ministers have regular meetings with the RPA and closely monitor its performance.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/07/2016 16:09:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

533587

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	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 her Department plans to encourage more farmers to submit their Basic Payment Scheme payments applications online.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	42133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>For the Basic Payment Scheme 2016 over 80% of farmers chose to apply online.</p><p> </p><p>For the Basic Payment Scheme 2017 the Rural Payments Agency will have a planned campaign of activity to encourage as many as possible of the remaining 20% of customers that applied on paper to apply online.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/07/2016 11:59:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

533586

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	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 recent discussions she has had with the Rural Payments Agency to resolve the backlog of 2015 Basic Payment Scheme payments.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	42132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Rural Payments Agency on the progress of Basic Payment Scheme payments.</p><p>As of 3 July 86,760 (99.6%) farmers have received a payment on their 2015 BPS claim. The Rural Payments Agency continues to focus on making top up payments to those farmers who have already received a bridging payment.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/07/2016 10:57:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson