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346846

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Basic Payment Scheme was not rolled out online as originally announced: what was the additional cost to the taxpayer of returning to paper-based British Payment Scheme applications; what assessment they have made of the reasons for the failure of the online roll-out; and in the light of the date for final submissions of completed Basic Payment Scheme forms being extended from 15 May to 15 June, whether there will be any delay in making payments to farmers by the end of 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willoughby de Broke
	uin	HL84
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>While the core of the new online Rural Payments system is working well, there have been performance problems around the interface between the customer portal and the back end of the system. That one area was not consistently stable and it was having a negative effect on the rest of the service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a result, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) switched the approach to delivery of the Basic Payment Scheme in 2015 to one where farmers and their agents use existing forms to complete their claims by the extended deadline.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the longer term we will continue to work on a user-friendly web interface - but for this claim year the priority is making sure farm businesses get the help and support they need to get their claims in on time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are currently assessing the additional costs from the revised approach.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The RPA will be making full payments as early as possible in the payments window, which opens in December.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/06/2015 16:40:42 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1775 label Biography information for Lord Willoughby de Broke

348714

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	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, whether the Government will cover the costs of any bridging finance from commercial banks for farmers suffering delays in receiving support from the Basic Payments Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	1291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The RPA expects to pay the vast majority of payments early in the payment window which runs from December to June. As such we do not expect to provide cover for bridging finance from commercial banks for farmers</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 1290 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:29:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

348715

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	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, whether the Rural Payments Agency will cover the costs of any bridging finance from commercial banks for farmers suffering delays in receiving support from the Basic Payments Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	1290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The RPA expects to pay the vast majority of payments early in the payment window which runs from December to June. As such we do not expect to provide cover for bridging finance from commercial banks for farmers</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 1291 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:29:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

348637

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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 UK farmers have had to resubmit their Basic Payment Scheme applications as a result of errors in the information supplied to them on paper based pre-populated forms and maps.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	1230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>No farmers have had to resubmit their Basic Payment Scheme applications. Farmers were asked to notify the Rural Payment Agency of any changes to their land details as part of the application process.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/06/2015 13:50:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

348675

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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, if she will compensate farmers who have already paid agents or third party suppliers to register their Basic Payments Scheme claims online for additional charges incurred by them.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	1178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>There are many reasons why farmers may choose to use agents or third party suppliers and so we would not look to provide compensation for these business based decisions. We are providing targeted support to make it as easy as possible for both farmers and agents to submit a claim.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/06/2015 13:34:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle