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<p>Over 99% of Environmental Stewardship agreement holders have received their 2016
advance and final payments. For 2017 just under 98% have received their advance payment
and 80% have received their 2017 final payment. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has
been working hard to ensure that remaining payments are issued as quickly as possible.
The RPA took on administration of Environmental Stewardship in October 2018 and is
continuing to simplify the administration of the scheme as far as possible under the
current EU system, streamlining processes and boosting the workforce to speed up processing.</p>
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