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862265

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on what the maximum amount is that a national government can spend on farming subsidies according to World Trade Organisation rules.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	132684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Farming subsidies are covered by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture which was adopted by WTO members (including the UK) in 1994. This agreement sets out conditions under which domestic support in favour of agricultural producers may be made. More information can be found on the WTO website:</p><p><a href="https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/ag_intro03_domestic_e.htm" target="_blank">https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/ag_intro03_domestic_e.htm</a>.</p><p>Individual WTO members’ commitments can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/supporting_tables_e.htm" target="_blank">https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/supporting_tables_e.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/03/2018 10:45:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

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

860786

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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department plans to use the Statements of Environmental Opportunity from National Character Area profiles to ensure the new environmental land management scheme enhances English landscapes.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	132143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text A new environmental land management system will be developed in the light of the outputs of the open consultation “Health and harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit”. We will draw upon the skills knowledge and data held by our stakeholders including the classification of the English countryside encapsulated in the 159 National Character Areas in England, each with its own statements of Environmental Opportunity.<p> </p><p>In particular we will be looking for ways of incentivising land managers to work together to secure environmental improvements at the landscape and catchment level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/03/2018 12:40:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

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

856967

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK Common Agricultural Policy funds which was allocated to Wales in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	131479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of funds allocated to Wales from the UK’s 2014 to 2020 Common Agricultural Policy budget for Direct Payments is 9% and for the Rural Development Programme is 14%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/03/2018 12:16:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

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