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837828

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to communicate to farmers how the Basic Payment Scheme will operate in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	126859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We plan to guarantee that Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments will continue for a transition period in England, lasting a number of years beyond the implementation period. During this transition period, we propose to first reduce the largest BPS payments in England. We will consult widely on both the approach to reducing payments and on how long the transition should be. We will set out further detail in our command paper, which we plan to publish this spring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/02/2018 11:36:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

836000

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, until what date is the current level of agricultural support to landowners guaranteed.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	126355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The government has pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of the parliament, expected in 2022 and to phase in a replacement scheme during a transitional period thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/02/2018 10:27:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

834740

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he plans for the Basic Payment Scheme to operate in 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	126174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>This Government has pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of the parliament, expected in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult widely about how we should transition to our future agriculture policy and intend to publish a consultation document in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/02/2018 10:53:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

819930

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support schemes which provide non-basic payment funding for farmers through the Common Agricultural Policy after the UK leaves the EU and during the time basic payments are to be maintained until 2022.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	122002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of providing stability to farmers as we leave the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The same cash total in funds for farm support has been committed for the duration of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We have also committed to fund Pillar II agreements, including agri-environment schemes, signed from within the current Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) allocation before the UK leaves the EU. These will be funded for their lifetime, as long as they are in line with domestic priorities and are good value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/01/2018 18:25:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

809012

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the current funding system for farm payments will remain in place during the transition period after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	120121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <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 provides a greater level of security and certainty for farmers and landowners than anywhere else in the EU, where funding is guaranteed only until 2020.</p><p>Any changes made to agricultural funding would reflect the Government’s aim of securing a better future for UK agriculture and for the environment.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/12/2017 16:34:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

806508

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to maintain subsidies to UK farmers after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Colin Clark
uin	119584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government has pledged the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of the parliament, expected in 2022. This is a greater level of security and certainty for farmers and landowners than anywhere else in the EU, where funding is guaranteed only to 2020. This total includes all EU and Exchequer funding provided for farm support under both Pillar I and Pillar II.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the EU gives us an opportunity to set new policies which specifically benefit agriculture and the environment. The government is committed to providing the best possible value for money to the taxpayer and we are exploring various options to achieve these aims.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/12/2017 17:07:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4650 label Biography information for Colin Clark

802993

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to match existing levels of Common Agricultural Policy funding after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	118413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <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 provides a greater level of security and certainty for farmers and landowners than anywhere else in the EU, where funding is guaranteed only until 2020.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/12/2017 18:08:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

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

802659

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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the delivery of Rural Payments Agency payments to farmers.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	118209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The current CAP is bureaucratic and ineffective. The unnecessary reporting and mapping requirements imposed by the European Commission hampers the effective delivery of the Basic Payment Scheme. The government therefore believes that the best way to improve agricultural policy is to leave the European Union and establish a coherent, domestic policy instead. However, in the short term, we are working to make the best of the failed CAP and performance was far better in 2016 than in 2015. EU law means that the scope for simplifying the existing BPS scheme is limited.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 118215 question first answered 19/12/2017 13:33:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

802660

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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been paid to the EU in fines for not paying farmers in time under the basic farm payments scheme in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	118210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>In the last 12 months the European Commission has proposed a financial correction of €25.4 million relating to late payments made in the UK under the 2015 direct payments, principally the Basic Payment Scheme. Around €12 million of this has been paid to date. The amount of the financial correction is subject to challenge.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/12/2017 15:31:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson