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<p>There are a number of reasons for delays in issuing Countryside Stewardship and
Environmental Stewardship payments. These include complex rules, requirements, processes
and systems which have made the scheme overly complicated. The Rural Payments Agency
took on responsibility for issuing Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship
payments in October 2018. It is simplifying the administration of the scheme as far
as possible under the current EU system by streamlining processes, making changes
to IT systems and boosting the workforce to speed up processing.</p><p> </p>
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