Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 33243

Rural Payments Agency: Staffordshire

Tabled: 24 February 2025

Answered: 11 March 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the support provided by the Rural Payments Agency to farmers in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Secretary of State meets arm’s length body CEOs and Chairs bi-annually to discuss delivery and performance. The Minister for Farming has set out a programme of quarterly performance meetings with the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). As the principal spons...

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