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<p>The Rural Payments Agency has paid all CS 2017 eligible claims bar those held for
legal reasons such as probate. On CS 2018, 95% of eligible claimants received an advance
payment by early April; 30% of eligible claims have received their final payment and
we expect to pay 95% of eligible claims by August 2019.</p><p> </p><p>On ES, around
92% of 2017 eligible claims have now received a payment and we are on track to complete
95% by the end of July 2019. Just over 52% of 2018 eligible claimants have received
their advance payment and just under 21% have received their final payment.</p><p>
</p><p>Regrettably, we cannot confirm how many of these are tenant farmers as we do
not record the agreement holders’ occupant status.</p>
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