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<p> </p><p>Complaints against deductions made by the Rural Payments Agency to a farmer's
payments under the Single Payment Scheme should be made to the Agency. Complaints
are reviewed within the Agency. If a farmer disagrees with the Agency's final decision,
they may ask for an independent review by the Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel,
who will make a recommendation to me to make a final decision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>The Agency's full complaints procedure is set out online at:</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/rural-payments-agency/about/complaints-procedure"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/rural-payments-agency/about/complaints-procedure</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Deductions from payments under the Single Payment Scheme are
not made in respect of breaches of Environmental Stewardship scheme conditions alone.
Where a breach of these conditions is found, an appropriate penalty would be applied
in respect of the Environmental Stewardship payments received or due to be received.
Natural England, which administers the scheme, has a formal appeals procedure described
in section 5.7.4 of the Entry Level Stewardship Handbook, available online at:</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/file/2781958"
target="_blank">http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/file/2781958</a></p><p>
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