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date	08/09/2015
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 she has taken to reduce the financial penalties imposed by the European Commission on her Department relating to the Common Agricultural Policy; and what estimate she has made of the likely level of such penalties in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>Complexity in CAP rules and the interpretation that EU auditors place on regulations is the root cause of many disallowance corrections. Since 2010, steps taken by Defra have allowed the disallowance penalties incurred in England to be steadily managed at around £50m per year. Throughout this period the Government has challenged claims for disallowance through mediation in the EU and since 2010 reduced the amount of disallowance levied by €285m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts provides provisions of £64.5m for future disallowance related to historical audits. While future disallowance penalties are difficult to predict, the Government is concerned that the new Horizontal Regulation amends the way that penalty rates are calculated, introducing a ratchet effect, which could greatly increase proposed disallowance penalty corrections, even if the same standards of implementation are maintained. The UK Government believes that a proportionate penalty scheme in the Horizontal Regulation is a priority for CAP simplification and the mid-term review of CAP regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/09/2015 15:54:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

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date	04/09/2015
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 spent on farm subsidies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Details of all payments made under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are published annually by the UK Co-ordinating Body. The total CAP payments for the UK for each of the last five years are as follows:</p><p>Figures are Euro millions</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Direct Payments</strong></p></td><td><p>3,424</p></td><td><p>3,309</p></td><td><p>3,348</p></td><td><p>3,326</p></td><td><p>3,234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Rural Development</strong></p></td><td><p>913</p></td><td><p>1,018</p></td><td><p>1,085</p></td><td><p>1,091</p></td><td><p>1,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>4,337</p></td><td><p>4,327</p></td><td><p>4,433</p></td><td><p>4,417</p></td><td><p>4,299</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 8642 question first answered 11/09/2015 16:32:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn