Written questions

Rural Payments Agency: Complaints

Commons · Question 59943 · Tabled 13 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints the Rural Payments Agency has received from farmers in the last 12 months; and what the most common issues raised were.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 23 Jun 2025

Between 01 June 2024 & 31 May 2025 the Rural Payments Agency, received 363 complaints. The most common issues raised were regarding the application and claims process for the Countryside Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive schemes and outsta...