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<p>As of 22 July 2022, 42.74% of farm businesses have been issued with Basic Payment
Scheme (BPS) advance payments. This equates to a total value of £54.7M released in
advance BPS funding.</p><p> </p><p>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is forecasting
to have paid over 60,000 farmers (approx. 73%) by the end of the month. By the end
of the second week of August, they expect to have paid 82,000 farmers who are eligible
to receive a payment at this time. Prior to the payment run, RPA undertook preliminary
checks to ensure the agreed funds were ready for release on schedule. There will inevitably
be a small number of farmers who cannot be paid, for reasons such as: low claim value
(under £1k); outstanding probate; and absence of bank details. RPA made efforts to
contact all customers ahead of time where bank details were not held, in order to
minimise the number of farmers whose payments could not be made. RPA will write to
all farmers they believe are unlikely to receive their payment by the end of August.</p>
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