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619836

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	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 plans he has for the funding of agri-environment projects in receipt of EU funding signed after the Autumn Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	906804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>On October 3, the Chancellor confirmed that funding for agri-environment schemes signed after Autumn Statement will be guaranteed by the Treasury. The guarantee will apply to all new agri-environment schemes signed before the point of exit from the EU as long as they provide strong value for money and are in line with domestic priorities.</p><p> </p><p>These conditions will be applied in such a way that the current pipeline of committed projects are not disrupted, including agri-environment schemes due to begin this January.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/10/2016 15:01:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

784778

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	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, whether his Department has estimated the level of financial support that will be available to agriculture after 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	111738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>Leaving the EU means, in future, we can take our own decisions about how to support an economy that works for everyone.</p><p> </p><p>The government has promised to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of the parliament. It will work with stakeholders to understand the value of EU funded programmes, including agriculture and to ensure that any ongoing funding commitments best serve the UK‘s national interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/11/2017 15:24:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

748878

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	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	Her Majesty's Government whether they have a strategy for the outsourcing of services; and, if so, whether they plan to alter this strategy as a result of Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The driving principle underpinning the delivery of public services is – and will remain – the best value for money for the public purse. As part of this, we are committed to opening up government procurement and to identifying opportunities for private and voluntary sector involvement in service delivery where these can offer benefits to the taxpayer.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 13/07/2017 12:06:41 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

750550

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the European Institute for Gender Equality.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Institute of Gender Equality (EIGE) is an autonomous body of the European Union, which was established to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality. EIGE products, which include comparable data and research, have been utilised by the Government to inform evidence-based policy-making. However, there are a number of bodies, including the Council of Europe and OECD that produce similar products.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 25/07/2017 10:08:07 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

1005699

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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, whether a programme of capital grants will be continued and apply throughout the UK to assist farmers in adopting methods of agricultural production that maximise efficiency, environmental responsibility and welfare improvements.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	190415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Countryside Productivity scheme provides funding, including grants, for projects in England which improve productivity in the farming and forestry sectors. In October this year we committed £30 million for further rounds of the Countryside Productivity Small Grant scheme, which helps farmers buy equipment they need to boost productivity, increase yields, and become more environmentally efficient.</p><p> </p><p>The Agriculture Bill sets out the foundations for the future. It includes provisions which would allow for financial assistance to be given to improve the productivity of agricultural activities. This will allow us to make payments to enable farmers to invest in equipment, technology and infrastructure that will help them to improve their productivity. The payments will also help farmers to deliver public goods, such as environmental benefits and animal health and welfare enhancements that are significantly above the regulatory baseline.</p><p> </p><p>We are developing a policy for England. Agriculture is devolved, and so it is for the devolved administrations to determine their own policies and decide how they spend their money.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/11/2018 14:41:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1013122

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	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 cost to date of the Government's CAP IT system.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	195104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Delivery Programme was a combined effort between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Rural Payments Agency, Government Digital Service and other bodies to develop new systems and processes to support the implementation of the CAP in England. It was established in 2012 to address failings in how it was previously delivered and to adapt to the increased complexity of the new CAP.</p><p> </p><p>More information on the programme costs and benefits can be found at: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-accounts-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/early-review-of-cap-delivery-programme-15-16/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-accounts-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/early-review-of-cap-delivery-programme-15-16/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Programme for England was formally closed in March 2017 at a cost of £216 million. Since programme closure it has cost circa £3m per year to make year on year improvements to the system such as making it available online and on-going maintenance and support.</p><p> </p><p>Costs incurred in other regions is a Devolved issue.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/12/2018 13:40:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

619050

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	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 recent progress she has made on resolving Basic Payment Scheme claims which include common land.
	tabling member constituency	East Devon
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
	uin	49824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>All eligible farmers have received a payment on their 2015 BPS claim apart from exceptional cases, such as those that cannot be paid for legal reasons like probate.</p><p> </p><p>Making payments on large commons has proved challenging in the first year of BPS. This was down to multiple and often very large land parcels, many commoners claiming BPS and a complicated historical allocation of grazing rights.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/10/2016 16:47:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

619937

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	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 take steps to improve the level of information provided to farmers on how claim payments under the Basic Payment Scheme are broken down.
	tabling member constituency	East Devon
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
	uin	49907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has provided detailed guidance on how BPS 2015 payments are calculated and this is published on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>For BPS 2016, the RPA will provide updated guidance on GOV.UK which will explain how payments are calculated including BPS entitlement values and payment rates, reductions and penalties and the Financial discipline mechanism.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/10/2016 13:19:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

619939

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	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 consider providing bridging payments to Rural Payment Agency claimants awaiting payment after 31 March 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Devon
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
	uin	49898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The RPA’s focus remains on paying 90% of farmers their payment by the end of December. The RPA will aim to pay those still to receive a payment as quickly as possible beyond that.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/10/2016 12:22:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

622467

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to introduce a subsidy ceiling on farm payments; and if so, what ceiling.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
	uin	HL2788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce a subsidy ceiling on farm payments. Previously, the Government has opposed the European Commission’s proposals for capping farm payments due to the risk that to do so would simply encourage farms to restructure into smaller, and perhaps, less efficient units to avoid losing out on payments.</p><p> </p><p>However, the government is looking at how best to support farming and the countryside after we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/11/2016 12:30:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer