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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

1042904

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether farm support will continue in its current form until 2022.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL12895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>In September last year Defra published, alongside the Agriculture Bill, detail about, and a proposed timeline for, the move away from current Common Agricultural Policy schemes. Our farming reforms will be underpinned by the principle of public money for the provision of public goods. The Bill will provide the legal powers to move away smoothly from the CAP as well as assisting farmers in their central task of producing food for the nation.</p><p>The government has pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of this parliament, expected in 2022. This includes all funding provided for farm support under both Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 of the current CAP. This commitment applies to the whole UK and provides more certainty than anywhere else in Europe.</p><p>We will pay the current Direct Payments for the 2019 scheme year on the same basis as now. The EU rules for the Basic Payment Scheme, greening and young farmer payment will apply throughout the whole of 2019. We also plan to allocate the money paid in Direct Payments for 2020 in much the same way that we do now. We will, however, look to make simplifications to make it easier to apply for and administer Direct Payments to increase value for money.</p><p>In 2021 we intend to start making reductions to Direct Payments, marking the beginning of the agricultural transition. This will be accompanied by pilots of our Environmental Land Management scheme and targeted investment in Research and Development and innovation. We aim to phase out Direct Payments completely by the end of the transition, with the last payments being made for the 2027 scheme year.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/01/2019 14:03:39 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

750548

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	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	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 Fisheries Control Agency.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) is funded from the EU budget, to which the UK is the second largest net contributor.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/07/2017 15:12:26 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

750549

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	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	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 Chemicals Agency.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) provides a range of centralised functions across a number of EU chemicals regimes, including facilitating collective decisions amongst EU Member States. Under the EU REACH Regulation, it manages data about chemicals on the EU market. Chemicals manufactured or imported in quantities above 1 tonne a year must be registered with ECHA to access the single market.</p><p>The UK’s current involvement with ECHA comes as part of our membership of EU. ECHA is funded mainly through a combination of industry fees for a variety of the services it provides and direct EU funding. The higher the income generated from fees, the lower the EU budget subsidy. As ECHA is an agency of the EU, the UK’s contribution to its running costs is through our general contribution to the EU budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

777573

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of agricultural support payments per capita in real terms in (1) Cornwall, (2) Devon, and (3) England, in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
	uin	HL2568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency makes agricultural support payments to eligible farmers in England. The following figures represent the total direct aid paid to Cornwall, Devon and England for 2015 and 2016 under the Basic Payment Scheme; and for each year between 2010 and 2014 under its predecessor, the Single Payment Scheme. The average payment value represents that paid to eligible claimants for each year. Data is relevant to the claimant population</p><p><strong>SPS scheme 2010 - 2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Devon</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Cornwall and Isles of Scilly</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SPS GBP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SPS GBP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SPS GBP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,781,954,062</p></td><td><p>104,285</p></td><td><p>£ 98,514,541</p></td><td><p>9,353</p></td><td><p>£ 52,546,385</p></td><td><p>4,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,787,132,090</p></td><td><p>104,007</p></td><td><p>£ 98,169,419</p></td><td><p>9,357</p></td><td><p>£ 52,727,507</p></td><td><p>4,759</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,649,543,922</p></td><td><p>103,899</p></td><td><p>£ 90,430,011</p></td><td><p>9,350</p></td><td><p>£ 48,462,249</p></td><td><p>4,738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,673,641,321</p></td><td><p>103,109</p></td><td><p>£ 91,655,239</p></td><td><p>9,309</p></td><td><p>£ 49,139,301</p></td><td><p>4,706</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,538,089,242</p></td><td><p>101,584</p></td><td><p>£ 83,316,822</p></td><td><p>9,117</p></td><td><p>£ 44,847,068</p></td><td><p>4,657</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>BPS scheme 2015 - 2016</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Devon</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Cornwall and Isles of Scilly</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BPS GBP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume Paid</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BPS GBP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume Paid</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BPS GBP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume Paid</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,407,810,704</p></td><td><p>86,931</p></td><td><p>77,634,876</p></td><td><p>7,710</p></td><td><p>£ 40,476,454</p></td><td><p>3,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,650,041,395</p></td><td><p>85,316</p></td><td><p>90,852,407</p></td><td><p>7,582</p></td><td><p>£ 47,830,601</p></td><td><p>3,796</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Average per claim (both schemes)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Devon</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cornwall and Isles of Scilly</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average Per Claim</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Per Claim</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Per Claim</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>SPS</p></td><td><p>£17,087</p></td><td><p>£10,533</p></td><td><p>£11,004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>SPS</p></td><td><p>£17,183</p></td><td><p>£10,492</p></td><td><p>£11,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>SPS</p></td><td><p>£15,876</p></td><td><p>£9,672</p></td><td><p>£10,228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>SPS</p></td><td><p>£16,232</p></td><td><p>£9,846</p></td><td><p>£10,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>SPS</p></td><td><p>£15,141</p></td><td><p>£9,139</p></td><td><p>£9,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>BPS</p></td><td><p>£16,195</p></td><td><p>£10,069</p></td><td><p>£10,429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>BPS</p></td><td><p>£19,340</p></td><td><p>£11,983</p></td><td><p>£12,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/11/2017 12:08:41 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	228 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

802508

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to change the operation of (1) the environmental stewardship schemes, and (2) other aspects of the farm payment regime, in England in (a) 2018, and (b) subsequent years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL3970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>We are making four new simple Countryside Stewardship packages available in 2018 for agreements starting in 2019. Farmers applying for one of these packages will only need to select a small number of core options (a minimum of 2 or 3) from between 7 and 14 options, depending on the offer. Every farmer who applies for one of these packages and who meets the basic criteria will receive an agreement. We have significantly simplified the application form for these packages. The paper forms for the new offers are half the size of the current form. Arable farmers will be able to apply for the Arable package online. We have also increased the maximum grant available for Hedgerows and Boundaries from £5,000 to £10,000. We will continue to look for further simplification of the schemes for 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the EU will allow us to take back control of our policies on agriculture and the environment. The Government has pledged to work with farmers, food producers and environmental experts to devise a new environmental land management system to be introduced in the following Parliament. This will include working together to inform scheme design and to test and pilot new scheme elements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/12/2017 16:35:03 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

860827

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in respect of the five per cent of farmers and landowners who are still awaiting their payments for 2017 under the Basic Payments Scheme, how many own farm land of (1) under 250 acres, (2) 250 to 500 acres, (3) 500 to 1000 acres, and (4) over 1000 acres.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL6226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency received over 86,000 applications for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2017. The window for making payments runs from December to June each scheme year. As of 13 March 2018, there were 3,678 claims still being processed for payment, as shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of 2017 BPS claims awaiting payment</p></td><td><p>Eligible acreage claimed*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1,955</p></td><td><p>Under 250 acres</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>632</p></td><td><p>250 to 500 acres</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>523</p></td><td><p>500 to 1,000 acres</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>568</p></td><td><p>Over 1,000 acres</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>For those who remain unpaid at the end of March, bridging payments for 75% of the calculated value will be made to support farmers until their claim is processed for payment.</p><p> </p><p>*Ownership of land is not a requirement for claiming under the BPS. Land farmed under a tenancy, lease or shared basis can be included in a claim. The figures given are based on size of claim, which may include land not owned by the claimant.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/03/2018 11:26:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

861341

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of agricultural support in the UK comes from EU funds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL6324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Across the UK £3.95 billion is provided a year under the Common Agricultural Policy. Of this, around 93% is funding from the EU, with around 7% being national funding provided under rural development programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/03/2018 16:37:51 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

884229

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the report in the Farmers Guardian that up to a quarter of UK farms could go bankrupt after the UK leaves the EU; and what reassurances they can give to farmers that their plans for changes to farm payments will not force farmers out of business.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The government does not accept the view described in the article which was simply reflecting the political opinion of certain individuals. The government has committed to keep the budget spent on agriculture the same for the duration of this parliament and we have been clear that changes will be phased gradually. Leaving the EU is a great opportunity to develop improved and more coherent policy for agriculture and the farmed environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/04/2018 10:44:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham