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Agriculture: Subsidies

Commons · Question 64335 · Tabled 1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Rachel Gilmour

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

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 8 Jul 2025

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...