Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82485

Rural Payments Agency: Standards

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 28 October 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of services provided to farmers by the Rural Payments Agency and (b) effectiveness of the work of that agency since 5 September 2025.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Ensuring the adequacy of services provided by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) and the effectiveness of the RPA is a priority. Since 5 September the RPA has opened the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Scheme and supported the recent announcement regardi...

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