Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 56631

Agriculture: Subsidies

Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

John Whitby

LabourDerbyshire Dales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure farmers receive payments from the Rural Payments Agency on time.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) understands the importance of cashflow for farmers and rural businesses. It makes payments for schemes and grants against published performance indicators and continues to look at opportunities to issue payments as promptly...

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