Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 64335

Agriculture: Subsidies

Tabled: 1 July 2025

Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat — Tiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to process rural payments.

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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