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596078

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect leaving the EU will have on the level of Welsh farming subsidies.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	46771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government will guarantee EU funding for structural and investment fund projects in Wales, including agri-environment schemes, signed before we leave the EU. It will be for the Welsh Government to make an assessment of which projects should be pursued in areas of its competence, and this guarantee will apply to any such projects. The agricultural sector in Wales will receive the same level of funding that it would have received under Pillar 1 of CAP until the end of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of these steps taken by the UK Government, individuals and organisations in receipt of EU funds now have a greater degree of certainty about funding over the coming years. The UK Government will work with the Welsh Government to consider future funding arrangements for once the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 46748 46768 46769 46770 question first answered 17/10/2016 10:54:46 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

438091

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects applicants for payments under CAP to be able to register their identity using GOV.UK Verify as planned under the new CAP regime.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	19838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Applicants can already register and sign in online for Rural Payments with <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2015 16:38:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

530756

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the event of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, both Houses would have to approve the final outcome of the negotiations between the UK and the EU.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for the new Prime Minister and their Cabinet. As the PM has said, we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements, and Parliament will clearly have a role in making sure that we find the best way forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL917 question first answered 07/07/2016 15:46:38 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

435750

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 17 November (HL3653), whether they will require all EU advertising notices to include information about the ratio of UK contributions to the EU budget and sums returned by way of grants.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL4325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The government has no plans to require all EU advertising notices for Structural and Investment Funds to include information about the ratio of UK contributions to the EU budget and sums returned by way of grants. However we will seek to remove the requirement to display notices in future reforms of the CAP.</p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 21/12/2015 14:37:29 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

438641

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	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 plans to take to make the certification process for the Basic Payment Scheme more efficient for farmers; and if she will include further accountability bodies who are able to certify active farmer status to improve efficiency of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
	tabling member printed	Graham Stuart
	uin	20276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>We are considering what changes are required to the administration of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) next year, taking into account the feedback we have received from farmers and experience from the first year of implementation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/12/2015 17:30:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

438933

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	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 assessment her Department has made of levels of implementation of the greening requirements of the Basic Payment Scheme and its effectiveness in reducing carbon emissions and delivering improvements for pollinators and other wildlife in the farmed landscape.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	20504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>We are in the final stages of processing 2015 BPS claims and making payments so it is too early to make an assessment of Greening implementation. However, an ex-ante assessment of the economic and environmental impacts of Greening in England, based on Defra’s Farm Business Survey, was published in the evidence annex to the Explanatory Memorandum which accompanied the Statutory Instrument 2014 No. 3259.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/01/2016 12:29:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

438934

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	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 the Government's priorities are for the next round of negotiations on CAP.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	20505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p><br></p><p>The European Commission’s current focus is on simplification of the CAP. UK Ministers are pressing the Commission and other Member States to be more ambitious in this exercise in order to reduce burdens and costs to farmers and administrators.</p><br /><p>Our priorities for the next round of CAP reform were set out in our manifesto. Our aim is to deliver a new agricultural policy which is simpler, which contributes to productivity and growth in the farming industry and which also delivers for the environment and improves animal welfare.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/01/2016 12:38:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

446321

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	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 she has made of the proportion of farmers who will have received their payments under the Basic Payments Scheme by the end of January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	23371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>When part payments have been made in the past this has led to years of confusion for farmers and additional costs in processing and disallowance for the Rural Payments Agency. This is why the RPA continues to focus on making full payments on the remaining claims as quickly as possible.</p><br /><p>As at 18 January the RPA had paid around two thirds of eligible Basic Payment Scheme claims received. The Agency continues to focus on making payments on the remainder of claims as soon as possible and remains on track to pay the vast majority of claims by the end of this month.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 23370 question first answered 25/01/2016 12:17:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

446323

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	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, if she will make it her policy to introduce interim payments under the Basic Payments Scheme for farmers who have not received their payments by the end of January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	23370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>When part payments have been made in the past this has led to years of confusion for farmers and additional costs in processing and disallowance for the Rural Payments Agency. This is why the RPA continues to focus on making full payments on the remaining claims as quickly as possible.</p><br /><p>As at 18 January the RPA had paid around two thirds of eligible Basic Payment Scheme claims received. The Agency continues to focus on making payments on the remainder of claims as soon as possible and remains on track to pay the vast majority of claims by the end of this month.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 23371 question first answered 25/01/2016 12:17:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

447747

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	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, if her Department and the Rural Payments Agency will issue partial payments to farmers that have not been paid by early February 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
	uin	24177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>In the past part payments has led to years of confusion for farmers and additional costs in processing and disallowance for the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). The RPA, therefore, will not be making partial payments but is instead focusing on paying all farmers as promptly as possible.</p><p>As of 25 January the RPA had paid around 61,100 farmers.</p><br /> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/01/2016 11:00:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson