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	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the funding of agri-environment projects in receipt of EU funding signed after the Autumn Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	906804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>On October 3, the Chancellor confirmed that funding for agri-environment schemes signed after Autumn Statement will be guaranteed by the Treasury. The guarantee will apply to all new agri-environment schemes signed before the point of exit from the EU as long as they provide strong value for money and are in line with domestic priorities.</p><p> </p><p>These conditions will be applied in such a way that the current pipeline of committed projects are not disrupted, including agri-environment schemes due to begin this January.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/10/2016 15:01:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

784778

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has estimated the level of financial support that will be available to agriculture after 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	111738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>Leaving the EU means, in future, we can take our own decisions about how to support an economy that works for everyone.</p><p> </p><p>The government has promised to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of the parliament. It will work with stakeholders to understand the value of EU funded programmes, including agriculture and to ensure that any ongoing funding commitments best serve the UK‘s national interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/11/2017 15:24:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

596078

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect leaving the EU will have on the level of Welsh farming subsidies.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	46771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government will guarantee EU funding for structural and investment fund projects in Wales, including agri-environment schemes, signed before we leave the EU. It will be for the Welsh Government to make an assessment of which projects should be pursued in areas of its competence, and this guarantee will apply to any such projects. The agricultural sector in Wales will receive the same level of funding that it would have received under Pillar 1 of CAP until the end of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of these steps taken by the UK Government, individuals and organisations in receipt of EU funds now have a greater degree of certainty about funding over the coming years. The UK Government will work with the Welsh Government to consider future funding arrangements for once the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 46748 46768 46769 46770 question first answered 17/10/2016 10:54:46 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

438091

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects applicants for payments under CAP to be able to register their identity using GOV.UK Verify as planned under the new CAP regime.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	19838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Applicants can already register and sign in online for Rural Payments with <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2015 16:38:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

530756

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the event of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, both Houses would have to approve the final outcome of the negotiations between the UK and the EU.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for the new Prime Minister and their Cabinet. As the PM has said, we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements, and Parliament will clearly have a role in making sure that we find the best way forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL917 question first answered 07/07/2016 15:46:38 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

748878

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have a strategy for the outsourcing of services; and, if so, whether they plan to alter this strategy as a result of Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The driving principle underpinning the delivery of public services is – and will remain – the best value for money for the public purse. As part of this, we are committed to opening up government procurement and to identifying opportunities for private and voluntary sector involvement in service delivery where these can offer benefits to the taxpayer.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 13/07/2017 12:06:41 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

750550

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the European Institute for Gender Equality.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Institute of Gender Equality (EIGE) is an autonomous body of the European Union, which was established to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality. EIGE products, which include comparable data and research, have been utilised by the Government to inform evidence-based policy-making. However, there are a number of bodies, including the Council of Europe and OECD that produce similar products.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 25/07/2017 10:08:07 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

659530

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	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 many people who made a claim to the Basic Payment Scheme in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016 are yet to receive a payment for either claim.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	57962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>As at the 20 December, in addition to claims which the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) cannot pay due to legal reasons such as probate, all but 6 claimants had received a payment for BPS 2015. In addition the RPA is investigating new queries it has received.</p><p> </p><p>For BPS 2016, the 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.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/12/2016 17:37:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

659531

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	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 many Basic Payment Scheme claims made in 2015 are yet to be fully resolved by the Rural Payments Agency; and how many such claims were resolved by that agency in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	57963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2016 answer text <p>As at the 21 December, in addition to claims which the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) cannot pay due to legal reasons such as probate, there are 6 BPS claims to complete for BPS 2015. The RPA is investigating new queries it has received and is currently reviewing 2,539 of these.</p><p>We understand how important BPS payments are to farmers and we’re working hard to get money into bank accounts. We’ve agreed that BPS 2016 payments for certain claimants whose 2015 claims are still being reviewed, such as some types of common land claims, should not be held up. The 2016 payment will be based on the current 2016 claim information we hold.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 28/12/2016 12:45:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 27177 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

659532

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	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, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of Basic Payment Scheme claims made in 2016 to date have been paid.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	57964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/12/2016 15:51:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell